Helen Ford
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Alger Horatio Jr.. Helen Ford
CHAPTER I. IN SEARCH OF LODGINGS
CHAPTER II. THE DREAMER
CHAPTER III. A HALF RECOGNITION
CHAPTER IV. A GLANCE BACKWARDS
CHAPTER V. THE PETTIFOGGER
CHAPTER VI. SO FAR, SO GOOD
CHAPTER VII. A NEW TALENT
CHAPTER VIII. SUNDAY AND TRINITY CHURCH
CHAPTER IX. THE LAWYER’S PROGRESS
CHAPTER X. NEW PROJECTS
CHAPTER XI. THE ENGAGEMENT
CHAPTER XII. HELEN’S DEBUT
CHAPTER XIII. ABSENT ON BUSINESS
CHAPTER XIV. HELEN MAKES KNOWN HER ENGAGEMENT
CHAPTER XV. THE OPPOSITE LODGER
CHAPTER XVI. THE MUFFLED FACE
CHAPTER XVII. AN AWKWARD INTERVIEW
CHAPTER XVIII. MARGARET’S FLIGHT
CHAPTER XIX, HERBERT COLEMAN
CHAPTER XX. THE CANDLE FLICKERS
CHAPTER XXI. A CONSULTATION
CHAPTER XXII. PREPARING THE WAY
CHAPTER XXIII. THE BLOW FALLS
CHAPTER XXIV. HELEN’S GOOD FORTUNE
CHAPTER XXV. MR. SHARP CHANGES HIS BASE
CHAPTER XXVI. A SHORT CHAPTER
CHAPTER XXVII. HELEN’S BANQUET
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BELL RINGS
CHAPTER XXIX. THE UNBIDDEN GUEST
CHAPTER XXX. PALLIDA MORS
CHAPTER XXXI. READING THE WILL
CHAPTER XXXII. MARGARET’S SECOND FLIGHT
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE GOOD SAMARITAN
CHAPTER XXXIV. JACOB SEALS HIS FATE
CHAPTER XXXV. THE DENUNCIATION
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE ARREST
CHAPTER XXXVII. A WOMAN’S HEART
CHAPTER XXXVIII. GREEK MEETS GREEK
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE SLAVE OF THE NEEDLE
CHAPTER XL. UNCLE ZEBINA’S OFFER
CHAPTER XLI. MR. SHARP MAKES AN IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER XLII. HOW YES BECAME NO
CHAPTER XLIII. MARTHA GREY IS SURPRISED
CHAPTER XLIV. HELEN TAKES LEAVE OF THE STAGE
CHAPTER XLV. TO CONCLUDE
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The light of a June morning lent a warm and cheerful look to the broad streets, and under its influence even the dingy lanes and alleys looked a little less gloomy than usual. The spell which had lain upon the city during the night season was broken. Here and there might be seen a vegetable cart or a milk wagon rumbling through the streets, of late so silent and deserted. Sleepy clerks unlocked the shops and warehouses, and swept them in readiness for the business of the day. Hackmen betook themselves to the steamboat landings in the hope of obtaining a fare before breakfast. Creeping out from beneath old wagons and stray corners where they had been able to procure shelter and lodging, came the newsboys, those useful adjuncts to our modern civilization. Little time wasted they on the duties of the toilet, but shook themselves wide awake, and with the keen instinct of trade, hurried to the newspaper offices to secure their pile of merchandise.
Morning found no sluggards at Mrs. Morton’s boarding-house. With the first flush of dawn she was astir, ordering about her servants, and superintending the preparations for breakfast. This must be ready at an early hour, since her boarders were, for the most part, engaged in some daily avocation which required their early attention.
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“Yes, when that is completed,” said her father, earnestly. “Then we shall be rich and honored, and my Helen shall be dressed in silks, and ride in a carriage of her own.”
“You are quite sure you shall succeed, papa?”
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