From Farm to Fortune; or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience
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Alger Horatio Jr.. From Farm to Fortune; or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. NAT ON THE FARM
CHAPTER II. A QUARREL IN THE BARNYARD
CHAPTER III. NAT LEAVES THE FARM
CHAPTER IV. ABNER BALBERRY'S DISCOVERY
CHAPTER V. THE SALE OF A COW
CHAPTER VI. NAT ON LAKE ERIE
CHAPTER VII. AN ADVENTURE AT NIAGARA FALLS
CHAPTER VIII. A FRESH START IN LIFE
CHAPTER IX. FIRST DAYS IN NEW YORK
CHAPTER X. OUT OF WORK ONCE MORE
CHAPTER XI. WHAT A HUNDRED DOLLARS DID
CHAPTER XII. ON THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
CHAPTER XIII. A SWINDLE EXPOSED
CHAPTER XIV. NAT OBTAINS ANOTHER SITUATION
CHAPTER XV. ABNER AND THE WIDOW GUFF
CHAPTER XVI. ABNER VISITS NEW YORK
CHAPTER XVII. A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY
CHAPTER XVIII. NAT MEETS HIS UNCLE
CHAPTER XIX. NAT BECOMES A PRIVATE CLERK
CHAPTER XX. RUFUS CAMERON'S BOLD MOVE
CHAPTER XXI. A MISSING DOCUMENT OF VALUE
CHAPTER XXII. AT THE ELEVATED STATION
CHAPTER XXIII. TOM NOLAN'S CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXIV. THE PAPERS IN THE TRUNK
CHAPTER XXV. BACK TO THE CITY
CHAPTER XXVI. FRED GIVES UP CITY LIFE
CHAPTER XXVII. A SCENE AT THE HOTEL
CHAPTER XXVIII. A SUDDEN PROPOSAL
CHAPTER XXIX. THE CAPTURE OF NICK SMITHERS
CHAPTER XXX. NAT COMES INTO HIS OWN
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"Nat, where have you been?"
"Been fishing," answered the boy addressed, a sturdy youth of sixteen, with clear blue eyes and sandy hair.
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Jule was a new cow that the farmer had purchased a week before. She did not seem inclined to herd with the other animals and Nat had had quite a good deal of trouble with her before.
At the end of the lane was an orchard and here he found the cow, contentedly eating the fresh grass. She tried to get away from him, but he was too quick for the creature and soon had her turned around and headed up the lane. Then he stopped to get an apple, for his fishing trip had made him hungry and he knew that supper was still a good hour off.
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