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Cg ee? A GOLDEN SHOWER
to. ‘cross “the street a cab came bustling alone.
~ Fred stopped to let it pass. -
_- Suddenly something
flew through. the air between the wheels and
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The. horse had
Fred had ‘always
looked down-to see what it was.:
cast. one of its hind shoes.
- heard that-it was a lucky thing to become the
“possessor. of: a horse’s shoe lost in» this manner.
So, on the spur of the moment, he reached down
and seized it... Novertheless he was somewhat
_ > ashamed of the act, and looked furtively about to.
see if any one had noticed him pick. it up. Ap-
‘parently the act was unobserved, so Fred, taking ~
’-the financial section of the morning paper out
of his pocket, wrapped the horseshoe up in it and
: stuffed it into his pocket.
bunch of money and-
His thoughts were sudderily intruded upon by. :
“T wonder if I’m on the eve of a run of luck?” _
che asked himself as he pursued his way -up the ©
street. “First I dream of a golden shower and
then a horseshoe is cast at my feet. That looks
favorable, at any rate. , Now, if I only had. a
‘-an‘unexpected jolt that landed him in the gutter
with a stout, well-dressed. man on top of him
“whose weight for the moment seemed to be a ton.
The. gentleman -picked himself up, with sundry.
- angry expressions, more forcible than polite, and
after glaring at the boy hurried away and disap-
‘peared around the corner.
“Some people want the whole street to them-
selves,”» muttered Fred, in -disgust, as
scrambled to-his feet. Then he noticed that the
horseshoe had-fallen out of his pocket. Stooping
‘to recover his prize, he saw that it half covered
- . a flat-looking wallet.
*. looked at. it.
-He picked that up, too, and
- *T wonder if that was there before: the man
* butted into-me, or whether he dropped it when he =
. Fred.
wing.
landed on me like a load of pig iron?’
-That was.a question the boy. could not ‘decide,
so he stuffed the wallet into his pocket for future
consideration and went on to the Johnston Build--
One of the elevators landed him on the
fourth floor in-a brief time and he dashed down
‘the corridor toward -the office of Blumstein: &
His note >
Rubenfeldt; which was his destination.~
was addressed to Mr. Blumstein, and accordingly
he asked for that gentleman.
- “Busy,”
“Will: you take this note in to him?” asked
“Is it important?”
-*Sure,” replied the boy.
-“Give it to me, then.”
The clerk carried the erivelope’ into. Mr.
_ Blumstein’s private office and Fred walked over. ©
“to the ticker which was standing in a little alcove .
-near one of the windows.
to glance at the quotations stamped upon it a>
As he took up the tape
door behind him opened and Mr. Rubenfeldt came
out with a visitor.
- “Now, Mr. Rubenfeldt, as the pool is complete,
’ fose no time in bying all the P. & R. shares you
can find and have them delivered C. O. D. at the
bank. When you’ve exhausted the available sup-
- ply you will receive instructions relative to bid-
will start j in at once.
ding for the stock on the floor. . Understand?”
said the visitor.
“Certainly, Mr. Bache.” replied the broker.
“I
he
said a clerk, laconically, “take a seat.”
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The caller then. started ‘for. the ‘outer’ ‘door.
while Mr. Rubenfeldt retired into his room again.
Fred had: heard every word. ‘and he knew. just 4°
what they meant. A combination of- trades had~
been formed to buy in P. & R. shares, at: their, ©:
present ruling price with the object of ‘cornering <!.
‘the stock, boosting the price at a good figure and ~)) .
then selling. out at the top of the market and-))}
dividing the profit of the operation between them- .:
~selves.. The firm of Blumstein & Rubenfeldt had.”
been employed to do the buying for the clique;
_and Mr. Rubenfeldt had’ received instruction ‘to™™ {
get on-the job. : At this juncture: the clerk. who. \s
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ue,
had. carried his note in. to Mr. Blumstein came © |
out with an answer. Fred took it and left the.
office with his mind in a whirl over the tip he had’
~been so fortunate in getting hold of. I fair
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CHAPTER Il—Fred Makes Use of His Tip ! : tod
“Halt an hour later Fred got back. to his office’. Ly adv
. With..a couple of answers in his hand for Mr. =! S
Pelham, whom he found, with his hat.on,-im- -}) and
patiently awaiting his. return. The broker read '}. S€CU
the notes and then left the office for the Ex- .) Stre
change. Fred removed the horseshoe from’ his” tot
pocket, and going into the counting-room, shoved *;°0
it under the big safe. Then he-returned to his »! 7626
seat, and taking out the wallet he had-pieked up ~ bo
in the street, opened: it with. a good deal’ ‘of ° the
curiosity and anticipation. ~ There were seven L, I
$100 bills in it, a few postage stamps in a little ©: ay
‘flap, and nothing else. Not a scrap of paper that ; ey
would designate the owner. ey
“This is the second pocketbook P’ve found with=- A ther
out any clue to show to whom ‘it belongs. ‘Seven =}. I
hundred -hollars.is a lot of money, too. I sup-- is hov
pose this: will be advertised for. -- Well, if it: is _ | Price
Vl see that-the owner. gets it.” °. - : 4a, “I
He slipped the wallet into an inside ‘peeket- and ie WAS
then took up the daily. market report. ‘He was” Pe “T
interested in P. & R., and he wanted to-seé what - ise: “y
it was going at. The highest -figure the day be- {3t dec
fore was 6), . - op“
“Tf I dared tise’ that money I found I could buy. day”
a hundred shares, and I’d stand to win .$1,000
I'll bet.” he said. to himself. -“I wonder why [ \“Wh
couldn’t. do it and then, if-I discovered the owner - be “T
of the wallet-I could return him his money when... § wl
the deal was over, and I’d be quite'a good pile 4 “fF
in. No doubt the man would* want to pay me f. au
something for returning: his money, but I’d. be. =1 “ 'S
: perfectly satisfied with the use of it for, a few < “I
days.” jyou”
For the rest of the day Fred argued ‘the. mat- =. ‘hold,
ter’ with himself, but he couldn’t come. to a con- A
clusion.- When he got home he showed. his ~ 5”
_ mother the wallet and the money it. contained, © ma vr
and said he had picked it up on Wall Street. a r
‘I dare say the loser will advertise his loss in’ seeng
one of the morning. papers, and maybe Dll. geb- ae
. a reward for restoring it,” said Fred. . th
“I should think so, my son, for $700 is a good of Pp
deal of money to lose,”. said his mother. “It b kk
would be a small fortune to us.’ eee :
His sister didn’t come in from her. work: till’ ane
six o'clock, and he asked her what she thought ° Pelh:
about his finding the horseshoe. ~ trom
“T’ve always heard it was lucky.” ‘she reolied.. ood
feves