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~ “TY HAPPY DAYS
15
Mrs. Robey was nowhere to be seen; the
“boarders were talking and laughing in the
1; there seemed to be nothing to in-
Forfere with Mr, Darlington's immediate-
ly leaving the hous
and ‘Tom lifted him between
carried him dowzstairs without
than casual attention
guera 4 people in the parlor.
The rolling chair was strapped on be-
hind the carriage, but the trunks had to
be left behin
Tom had We the team at the stable, so | Shai
he and Charley entered the carriage with
the Darlingtons, and they were soon roll-
ing gown Fifth avenue,
“a gracious, you've captured the
‘Sphinx, Charley’ I’ whispered Tom in his
-partner’s ear, “There ought to be a for-
tune in this,”
‘ . CHAPTER XV,
~ A TIP FROM JAY GOULD,
in Ne the ride to Mrs, Quick’s dwell-
Mr. Darlington said almost nothing,
but seemed to doze off in the corner of the
Dora seemed to be shy of Tom and only
spoke when addressed. It was clearly no
> time to go into explanations, so Charley
with true politeness left her to her own
reflections, and the coach goon drew up at
the widow's door.
Poor Mrs. Quick had already retired and
was greatly excited when Charley came to
her bedside and told of the - coming of these
unexpected guests, At she declared
that it was quite imposible to entertain
them, but when she saw Dora she melte
eS Why, you poor child! You" ve had lots
of trouble, haven't you?” she exclaimed, in
her motherly way, “ course you can
stay here, I'll get the rooms ready right
way.”
oe pora took hold and helped, and they
were friends at once. Later ‘om and
Charley carried Mr. Darlington upstairs,
and Dora made him comfortable for the
ight in his wheel chair, explaining to
Charley. that not for years had he lain ina
The @ only remark Mr, Darlington made
from the he entered the house until
Charley anally left him, was:
“This is the place! This is the place. I
can breathe here and they’ll never find me.
Charley, I shan’t forget what yon have
done for me to-1 night. - ‘i make a million-
aire out of you, my
“Tt'sa big thing,” said Tom, after he and
Charley were in bed. “‘Iknow my old boss
—old Pugsley I mean—would have cut off
his right hand and pitched it into the Hast
River for the sake of getting the Sphinx
under his roo!
vext morning, g, just before Charley. was
ready to start for the office, Dora met him
: in) the hall,
“Oh, Charley!’ she exclaimed, ‘how
canlever thank you? Father has slept
. all night, and is awake now and entirely
rational. Ile wants to see
Charley lost no time in Following Dora
to the room above.
Mr. Darlington regarded him curiously,
_and feebly held out his ha:
“Look here, young man—I’m ‘ten thou-
sand times obliged to you,” hesaid. “I
can’t explain this business. just now, for
-T'm very weak. Can I stay here for a few
wish, sir,” replied
“As for the obliga-
on my side, I don't forget
“As long as you
Charley, promptly,
tion, it’s all o
What Towe to
“That's all right. Now listen... Don’t
_send for my trunks; let them go. Dora
Of cours
ange Mention to a living soul
You can rely on that, sir,”
“Good! Now-er-what day is this?”
Charley mentioned the date.
“Yes; well-er-how is the market ?”
- "Firm at the close yesterday, sir.”
“ave you yesterday's paper handy ?”
“Certainly, but if [was you I wouldn't
bother my head about business now.’
“It’s the only pleasure 1 Ihave,” replied
Mr. Darlington. “Don’t deprive me of it
and don't you dare to send a doctor here,
Going downtown
“e es, sir; is there anything I can do for
you?”
“Yes,” said Mr. Darlington, feeling ‘in
his pocket, “you can this letter to
m
your care open it and aet accordingly.
don’t know how much money you have at
your comman ut you needn’t fear to
risk it if the word is ‘to buy. Now, good-
ay and good luck. Dora and your mother
will attend. to my wants, and for every ex-
_ Pense you are put to my check book is at
your comman:
faving said this much, Mr. Darlington
lay back in his chair and closed his eyes.
Evidently he had said all he was going
to say, and Charley left him, hurrying
doven ¢ to the oftice, where Tom had preced-
ea
“Well, how did you leave him?” de-
manded ‘Tom, .
“All right,” replied Charley,
lated the conversation he
“We are right in it nae ‘Sharle r
cried Tom. “It's a tip straight from Jay
ould, and that's where the Sphinx gets
all his points, hows es to
bring it about, Hustle that letter around
to his office, im wild to know what the
answer wil!
e answer came back by the messenger
boy inside of twent {,minutes, addressed
obn, Darlington, Esq., care of Quick &
and he re-
had
‘Tom closed the door of the private office,
and Charley hastily tore open the envel-
ope, reading as follows:
“DEAR DARLINGTON—You have hit the date
right. This is small game for you, though.
Look out for the end of the week. Yours as
“3G.”
Then followed a penciled memoranda on
the bottom of the sheet: Mo, Prf, 6, K. C.
t. L, 4, ete—a long list.
“e The tip for the day, by gracious |” cried
fom, ‘Are we in it?”
“You
are worth,” replied Charley, firmly,
our kind old friend upstairs is, L006.”
“Blessings on vy!” cried Tom;
“ but ae has a right to feel grateful to you,
Q
5
“ What does his royal highness, mean by
look out for the end of the w
“Well,” la aughed Charley, at should
have told you that in anyc We
alltobeinitthen, The ast ‘etter I had
from Darlington directed me to put
into the full extent of his deposit with as.”
“Tv eans the mysterious paper,
artner.”
“Yes, and a mystery to you no longer,
partner,” Charley replied,
He opened the safe, tools out the paper,
and placed it in Tom's hands.
Bigger and bigger grew Tom’s eyesas he
glanced down t!
“ By gracious, rae , we'll be into the
millions this sday week if this thing is true !”
he exclaimed:
“That's where we are heading for, Tom,
but small favors must not be overlooked.
Scoot now, and place your orders with
Alleyn, Vil bring you word what Levy
wants to go in on as soon as the old man
ar’
Tom ‘vas off like a streak,
It was only a moderate day on the street,
to
Some stocks rose and others dropped a
point or two,
But every “one mentioned on that mem-
orandum rose the exact number of points
indicated, except three, which fell a trifle
elow tl
An ordinary day on the street, did we
8a:
‘Yes, we said it, but thanks to the Sphinx
Qu ick & Sharp “cleared fifteen thousand
dollars, and old Levy, who plunged in deep-
ly, made twenty-three thousand dollars, to
$a} nothing of the gains of half a dozen
other speculative customers on the» books
of | the boy bankers,
his is the sort of day that suits me,”
said ‘Tom, as he and Charley left the office
together, ‘By gracious, I don’t ask for
anything better, I wish t would keep up
this wey every day for the balance of the
year.
(To BE CONTINUED.)
oe
ANOTHER NEW STORY WILL COM-
MENCE IN No. 244. TITLE WILL BE AN=
NOUNCED NEXT WEEK.
0
Pearls In| Illinois.
Fora good many years the pearl indus-
try along Green River, a tributary of Nock
River, I]., has attracted some spasmodic
attention, principally from those out of
regular employment. The Jargest and
finest pearl ever found in the river is near-
ly as large as a hazelnut, and is nearly |,
perfect in shape and luster. It is interest-
ing’ to know that these pearls are formed
by an accretion of nacreous juices, which
covers grains of sand or other foreign sub-
stances that Bet within the shell of the
n be manufactured, with
shot within the shell and returning the
clam to the water. Perfectly round pearls
can thus be produced in from six months
to a year, th he Jonger they ure allowed to
remain the more deep the nacreous coating
and the finer the luster of the pea
The reason so many pearls are. oblong
and misshapen rests in the fact that‘they
are formed about oblong and misshapen
By mashing the shot flat a flat
pearl is produced, very nice for brooches
Other substances may be use
weil as shot.
The Chinese insert a small image of their | p;
dina year have the little
statuette in pearl, They cut all sorts of
fantastic images in tin, and thus produce
al] manner of pearls, stars, discs, crosses
al ape that fancy suggests,
Experiments of a like nature with the
god Buddha, an
rough shelled unios of the~ Cedar River
bet we are to the last dollar awe z
lows) have been practiced for the last few
ars with fair success, An average-sized
shell or shells, from a section of the river-
known to produce brilliantly lustered
shells were allowed to remain in the sun
until the valves parted. With a quickly
inserted wedge in the o opening the shell is
immediately dipped in” water to sustain
“Th he: operator then carefully lifts the
mantle from the shell, and with a pair of
tweezers dro} wax, glass
bead or other “small article that he is de-
sirous of having coated. Care is taken not
to strain the muscles by forcing the wedge
while the clam is resisting the intrusion,
After objects are placed in that part of
tne clam showing the bes t color the man-
tle is drawn to face, t he wedge removed
and the clam allo wed to resume its normal
condition, Witha suflicient number fixed
in the above-described way they are then
placed ina pond or bayou that will not
freeze its depth during winter.
t the expiration of six months, or one
éar at most, the unio will have thrown a
that securely fastens “them to the
sually abont two-thirds of the ob-
ject thus fastened remains pabore the shell,
though it is presumed tha’ time the
natural g growth of the shell would entirely
a
**WORK AND WIN”? HAS THE LARCEST
CIRCULATION OF ANY LIBRARY PUB-
LISH
Answers to Correspondents,
ALB. Zine population of Texarkana, Texas.
is about manufacturing
with sever ral f foundries and machine sho}
oil mill and com:
wovulen, cotton,
other factories
roads. It also has telegra apna d express oftices
and banks: It is 365 miles nor ‘the aust of Austin,
6 capital.
press, saw and planing mills,
an
“Frank Tnoma.—The following is fala to be
an excellent f
urniture polish ual
parts ot oweel and vinegar, inte add a
f zum arabic, dnely powdered. ‘this swt
int o}
Inake furniture lo
and can easily be applied, as it Feaquites m no rab:
ing. The bottle should be w shaken, and.
the polish pourc edo na rag and atic to the
ok almost as
furniture, 2 We do not answer questions by
nail,
FRANK ee Xow T1.—There is little premium
per cent of 1857 ; if in fine condi>
tion it might ring three cents. 2 The d enerip.
tion you send ersey cent of 1784,
87 They are not very rare, but ther¢
ar ber varieties, some of which are
quoted at from $1 to $2. We would have to see
he original to state its value. 2 e names
are sect up the same asany other matter and
than printed on the wrapper with an address-
ing machine,
WROY.—The foll lowing fis said to be the
the British soldier caine to be pieknamed
‘Tommy Atkins”: The War Office se
forms to be u 3 eithe ‘them. were tone
out as samples. The latter, in the firet
ce where °. name wi appear,
gontained th: me of an becatse “ Atkins,
1 De Sage ex—Fre rom Stennis Tenn.,
© Albany, N N.Y, 1,225 smiles, 2 We cannot
i you. % Gescription of the
To Uorrespondente,
To not ask « qrestions on the same sheet of pa-
per with mai ‘ders, as they will not be an-
Ewered. Correspondents, in dending & mimber
of questions, ill a id us
one side of tl aper only.
questions ‘ill: be re) ritten
who send them, eNotes is ¥
hereafter no letters will be anew ered unless ade
dressed “Kpiror or Happy Days, 24 Unio
Square, New York.”
~ NOTICK,
Readers of Happy Days who send questions
answered in this column should bear in
made UP and printed
o weeks in advance of publication; corise-
quently it will take from tro to sunres weeks
u i the questions before
questions require any special research
it may
longer. If readers will ta’
this matter
questions in the next issue of the
A. B, C.—There is no premium o ona nee 50 gold.
piece o! of 1854.
ALMON J. TRIPP.—WE will take your request
into consieraton
G. 11.—Yon can find sketches of “ Buster”
in Na 239 and 240 of this paper,
E. K.—We cannot insert the _advertina-
ment you inquire about at any pri
Huert Brucg.—There is no premium
bullion value of silve
“K. K. K.—There isn no premium on three, five
and ten-cent Un States fractions ‘al curren-
ited Si
ey. 2 Storage batteries are used 01 r car-
rlages, .
Gro.—For the cost of an excursion from New
x ork
ity fe Cincinnati, Ohio, including meala,
EVEL. cannot make any
change. at present, as aie is the only available
sition we can place them without affecting
the reading m:
ALEXIS M,- a e “cannot give you the required
information. You
writing to the New ,
Citys inclosing a self-addressed Btamped envel-
eply-
Mansr You can find rules for training on
the back pages of "How, o Be ecome an Ath-
ete.” Price ents. ¥ addrees
upon receipt oe the price, “either ta Yailver or
postage stat
Bres. La Pierre.—There is no demand for
two-cent Columbian stamps} they would not
bring more ivan, fifteen or twen! per
thousand, us 2 There are stamps fotea for
the Soudan, which you can bt buy of a
stamp dealer. We cannot publish ‘business ad-
dresses in this column.
Toxy—The first number of volume 8 of this
Wer is and is ed April 16, 1893.
. aa w wil cone pou the bf hele Solan of tw enty=
upon rece! joney or
postage stamps. et com-
mencing in this Folume isen ntitied “The Gun-
boat Hoys; or, Running the Batteries at Vicks-
burg,” by Ralph Mortons
le We. SCHEELE, —The difference between ** pre-
ferred and “common ” stock is that the form-
er is assured a dividend in rence to the
Iatten in fact, the Sividend is paid to the pre-
tock first, and i ere is any left the
tock re coeines its ‘thave. a ‘There fs no
t Columbian posta:
stamp, either used on tinnsed, as they are very
uu clean your wheel, take it
and oil the bearings and balls with vase-
i that ‘it will make it t run
ould be t to
have ondjust ed Ke "rhe
j Watch we sel renty- ve ae Js called
the “ Hero," and is a good time kee;
(Sinaion s
the answers will appear in print, and should the | Ci
P
Span ish coin named ¢ they are only worth the a
road Be rth, ste» inguire at any general rail-
{cket 0 fic &
papel & would occupy more pace than we
ean Rdevote to that subject ; you can get
he process by consulting an:
good ¢ en cyclopedia or books relating b z
vr nataet ture, 3 The author named @
not write for this paper. 4 Happy Days is dat-
two weeks abead to conform to an old
tom when it formerly took two or thre
Ld reach ii
salesman, by re:
Adin, nal
and address and we will forward you our cata-
6 We
logue of useful and instructive ks,
cannot gay; consult some experienced tobac-
ND W, Dave.—The followin:
are the @ nicknames of the d li ed
for : Chica fe. ,** Garden i
ire City” and “Gothan ‘ Detrow,
the Str: alte: “ Boston, its ube
Buffalo, “ Queen Ci
ew ani
¢ , ecord of aC rea mt
y. have no record of a Can
Baseball League. The Leagu: ean
nant was won by the ‘Mont rent elub with a per-
centage of 591, Wil neat barre came sec with
Fr cent, reel er cinbs caine in Mihe fol
lowing rotation lo, Providence,
Syracuse, Springfield and Ouawe,
cago club w
r the longest
ne game of baseball, sce answer to “Con-
teat in this colu fon
xtret~-The lo
won the pennant in
and ‘98; Chicago, in isi ‘ ety Re
Providence, Iyi9and 1 3)
i, ‘ward ‘rolt, 18875 Brooklyn } 1304 "Sadtinnore,
I. 1.—There aro several mixtures used in
making Watelnn, among which we find the fol-
lowing : For sulp hur ips, Phosph rus, Oparts
glue, 6 fund, part; which a ‘a mixed
ther belo “lu dewrices Bah renheit, with 10
parts of water. The sticks are dipped into this
mixture and allowed to dry. In mak
atches, a commuorktion consistin of 16
gum. arabic, dissolve: e eas
amount of water, and mixed:
order that.
danpness they are d i
copal o1 Fae ao warn
hayigatio in be
publishers of scientific books,
Them from the Ame Ne ow
Chambers street, J. Green-
Wood's a. Navigation: "The Sailor a ‘sea Book.”
Brice st oe Sailor's Sea Book; A Rudi-
mentary T: Navigation.” Price ¢
poractleal Navigation by W. If. Rosser,
(Several letters remain over to be answered
next week.) *
tome
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wy THE BOY’ OF THE HAUNTED DIA=
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