The Errand Boy; Or, How Phil Brent Won Success
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Alger Horatio Jr.. The Errand Boy; Or, How Phil Brent Won Success
CHAPTER I. PHIL HAS A LITTLE DIFFICULTY
CHAPTER II. A STRANGE REVELATION
CHAPTER III. PHIL’S SUDDEN RESOLUTION
CHAPTER IV. MR. LIONEL LAKE
CHAPTER V. AN OVERBEARING CONDUCTOR
CHAPTER VI. SIGNOR ORLANDO
CHAPTER VII. BOWERMAN’S VARIETIES
CHAPTER VIII. THE HOUSE IN TWELFTH STREET
CHAPTER IX. THE OLD GENTLEMAN PROVES A FRIEND
CHAPTER X. Phil CALLS ON MR. PITKIN
CHAPTER XI. PHIL ENTERS UPON HIS DUTIES
CHAPTER XII. MR. LIONEL LAKE AGAIN
CHAPTER XIII. PHIL’S NEW HOME
CHAPTER XIV. CONSULTING THE ORACLE
CHAPTER XV. PHIL AND THE FORTUNE-TELLER
CHAPTER XVI. MRS. BRENT’S STRANGE TEMPTATION
CHAPTER XVII. JONAS JOINS THE CONSPIRACY
CHAPTER XVIII. THE CONSPIRACY SUCCEEDS
CHAPTER XIX. A NARROW ESCAPE FROM DETECTION
CHAPTER XX. LEFT OUT IN THE COLD
CHAPTER XXI “THEY MET BY CHANCE.”
CHAPTER XXII. PHIL IS “BOUNCED.”
CHAPTER XXIII. AN EXPLANATION
CHAPTER XXIV. RAISING THE RENT
CHAPTER XXV. ALONZO IS PUZZLED
CHAPTER XXVI. A WONDERFUL CHANGE
CHAPTER XXVII. AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE
CHAPTER XXVIII. AN UNSATISFACTORY CONFERENCE
CHAPTER XXIX. A TRUCE
CHAPTER XXX. PHIL’S TRUST
CHAPTER XXXI. PHIL IS SHADOWED
CHAPTER XXXII. PHIL IS ROBBED
CHAPTER XXXIII. A TERRIBLE SITUATION
CHAPTER XXXIV. PHIL’S FRIENDS AND HIS ENEMIES
CHAPTER XXXV. THE PITKINS RETIRE IN DISGUST
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE FALSE HEIR
CHAPTER XXXVII. MRS. BRENT’S PANIC
CHAPTER XXXVIII. AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXXIX. AT THE PALMER HOUSE
CHAPTER XL. A SCENE NOT ON THE BILLS
FRED SARGENT’S REVENGE
THE SMUGGLER’S TRAP
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Philip started in irrepressible astonishment as these words fell from the lips of his step-mother. It seemed to him as if the earth were crumbling beneath his feet, for he had felt no more certain of the existence of the universe than of his being the son of Gerald Brent.
He was not the only person amazed at this declaration. Jonas, forgetting for the moment the part he was playing, sat bolt upright on the sofa, with his large mouth wide open, staring by turns at Philip and his mother.
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The daguerreotype represented a bright, handsome child, dressed tastefully, and more as would be expected of a city child than of one born in the country. There was enough resemblance to Philip as he looked now to convince him that it was really his picture.
“I have something more to show you,” said Mrs. Brent.
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