The Store Boy
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Alger Horatio Jr.. The Store Boy
CHAPTER I BEN BARCLAY MEETS A TRAMP
CHAPTER II BEN AND HIS MOTHER
CHAPTER III MRS. BARCLAY'S CALLERS
CHAPTER IV UNPLEASANT BUSINESS
CHAPTER V PROFESSOR HARRINGTON'S ENTERTAINMENT
CHAPTER VI TWO YOUNG RIVALS
CHAPTER VII THE TRAMP MAKES ANOTHER CALL
CHAPTER VIII SQUIRE DAVENPORT'S FINANCIAL OPERATION
CHAPTER IX A PROSPECT OF TROUBLE
CHAPTER X BEN GOES TO NEW YORK
CHAPTER XI THE MADISON AVENUE STAGE
CHAPTER XII BEN'S LUCK
CHAPTER XIII A STARTLING EVENT
CHAPTER XIV BEN SHOWS HIMSELF A HERO
CHAPTER XV BEN LOSES HIS PLACE
CHAPTER XVI BEN FINDS TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
CHAPTER XVII WHAT THE LETTER CONTAINED
CHAPTER XVIII FAREWELL TO PENTONVILLE
CHAPTER XIX A COOL RECEPTION
CHAPTER XX ENTERING UPON HIS DUTIES
CHAPTER XXI AT THE THEATER
CHAPTER XXII A MYSTERIOUS LETTER
CHAPTER XXIII BEN'S VISIT TO THIRTY-FIRST STREET
CHAPTER XXIV BEN ON TRIAL
CHAPTER XXV CONRAD TAKES A BOLD STEP
CHAPTER XXVI MR. LYNX, THE DETECTIVE
CHAPTER XXVII THE TELLTALE TICKET
CHAPTER XXVIII MRS. HILL'S MALICE
CHAPTER XXIX SOME UNEXPECTED CHANGES
CHAPTER XXX BEN "GOES WEST"
CHAPTER XXXI MR. JACKSON RECEIVES A CALL
CHAPTER XXXII BEN SELLS THE FARM
CHAPTER XXXIII GOOD NEWS
CHAPTER XXXIV CONRAD GOES INTO WALL STREET
CHAPTER XXXV TURNING THE TABLES
CHAPTER XXXVI A LETTER FROM ROSE GARDINER
CHAPTER XXXVII BEN'S VISIT TO PENTONVILLE
CHAPTER XXXVIII CONCLUSION
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Ben Barclay, after taking leave of the tramp, lost no time in driving to the grocery store where he was employed. It was a large country store, devoted not to groceries alone, but supplies of dry-goods, boots and shoes, and the leading articles required in the community. There were two other clerks besides Ben, one the son, another the nephew, of Simon Crawford, the proprietor.
"Did you collect any money, Ben?" asked Simon, who chanced to be standing at the door when our hero drove up.
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Mrs. Barclay had one comfort, however, and a great one. This was a good son. Ben was always kind to his mother—a bright, popular, promising boy—and though at present he was unable to earn much, in a few years he would be able to earn a good income, and then his mother knew that she would be well provided for. So she did not allow herself to borrow trouble but looked forward hopefully, thanking God for what He had given her.
"Won't you go up to the Town Hall with me, mother?" asked Ben. I am sure you would enjoy it."
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