The Store Boy

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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