The Telegraph Boy
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Alger Horatio Jr.. The Telegraph Boy
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. A YOUNG CARPET-BAGGER
CHAPTER II. DICK RAFFERTY
CHAPTER III. FRANK FINDS AN EMPLOYER
CHAPTER IV "PITY THE BLIND."
CHAPTER V. FRANK THROWS UP HIS SITUATION
CHAPTER VI. FRANK GETS A JOB
CHAPTER VII. AN INVITATION TO DINNER
CHAPTER VIII. A NEWSBOY'S EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER IX. VICTOR DUPONT
CHAPTER X. A NEW PROSPECT
CHAPTER XI. THE TELEGRAPH BOY
CHAPTER XII. A WAYWARD SON
CHAPTER XIII. A TIMELY RESCUE
CHAPTER XIV. FRANK MAKES AN EVENING CALL
CHAPTER XV. AT WALLACK'S THEATRE
CHAPTER XVI. FRANK AS A DETECTIVE
CHAPTER XVII. FRANK MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER XVIII. A RICH WOMAN'S SORROW
CHAPTER XIX. A MESSENGER OF GOOD TIDINGS
CHAPTER XX. A NEW JOB, AND A LETTER FROM HOME
CHAPTER XXI. FRANK'S FIRST DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXII. FOLLOWING UP A CLUE
CHAPTER XXIII. BROUGHT TO BAY
CHAPTER XXIV. AN OPEN ENEMY
CHAPTER XXV. WHAT THE OLD TRUNK CONTAINED
CHAPTER XXVI. A TRAP, AND WHO FELL INTO IT
CHAPTER XXVII. FRANK BECOMES A GOOD SAMARITAN
CHAPTER XXVIII. A COUNTRY COUSIN
CHAPTER XXIX. CONCLUSION
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"Twenty-five cents to begin the world with!" reflected Frank Kavanagh, drawing from his vest-pocket two ten-cent pieces of currency and a nickel. "That isn't much, but it will have to do."
The speaker, a boy of fifteen, was sitting on a bench in City-Hall Park. He was apparently about fifteen years old, with a face not handsome, but frank and good-humored, and an expression indicating an energetic and hopeful temperament. A small bundle, rolled up in a handkerchief, contained his surplus wardrobe. He had that day arrived in New York by a boat from Hartford, and meant to stay in the city if he could make a living.
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"FREE LUNCH."
"How much money have you got, Frank?" inquired Montagu Percy.
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