Work and Win No. 326: Fred Fearnot and the Bank Messenger

"The Boy Who Made a Fortune" by Hal Standish This issue of *Work and Win* (No. 326, March 3, 1905) features the opening installment of "The Boy Who Made a Fortune" by Hal Standish. The chapter, titled "Fred's and Terry's Return to New Era," depicts a dramatic highway robbery attempt. A young man traveling four miles outside Ranchman's Rest, Colorado, is confronted by three masked highwaymen demanding his watch and money. When one robber becomes distracted stowing the watch, the protagonist draws his own revolver and kills all three bandits in a firefight. The dying survivor confesses their desperation—three men driven to robbery by hard luck across Colorado, Kansas, and Nevada. Bystanders identify the protagonist as "Fearnot," suggesting an ongoing serial character. The issue also contains an extensive catalog of Frank Tousey's instructional booklets covering mesmerism, palmistry, hypnotism, sports, fortune-telling, athletics, card tricks, magic, mechanics, and letter-writing.