The Young Explorer; Or, Claiming His Fortune
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Alger Horatio Jr.. The Young Explorer; Or, Claiming His Fortune
CHAPTER I. BEN'S INHERITANCE
CHAPTER II. DEACON PITKIN'S OFFER
CHAPTER III. SAM STURGIS' NEW IDEA
CHAPTER IV. A BRILLIANT CHANCE
CHAPTER V. IN SEARCH OF A PLACE
CHAPTER VI. MR. PITCH, THE SENIOR PARTNER
CHAPTER VII. BEN'S DINNER-GUEST
CHAPTER VIII. A STRANGE ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER IX. AT THE ASTOR HOUSE
CHAPTER X. BEN RECEIVES A CALL
CHAPTER XI. MISS SINCLAIR'S STRATAGEM
CHAPTER XII. IN SAN FRANCISCO
CHAPTER XIII. PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS
CHAPTER XIV. THE CANON HOTEL
CHAPTER XV. A POLITE HOSTESS
CHAPTER XVI. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER XVII. A TIGHT PLACE
CHAPTER XVIII. AN EVENING CALL
CHAPTER XIX. BEN'S MIDNIGHT EXCURSION
CHAPTER XX. A THIEF'S DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER XXI. BEN'S SAVINGS-BANK
CHAPTER XXII. THE ARRIVAL AT MURPHY'S
CHAPTER XXIII. AMONG THE SIERRAS
CHAPTER XXIV. BEATEN AT HIS OWN GAME
CHAPTER XXV. THE HORSE-THIEVES
CHAPTER XXVI. WHAT NEXT?
CHAPTER XXVII. KI SING
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE DUEL OF THE MINERS
CHAPTER XXIX. CHINESE CHEAP LABOR
CHAPTER XXX. A MIDNIGHT VISIT
CHAPTER XXXI. ON THE MOUNTAIN PATH
CHAPTER XXXII. THE MOUNTAIN CABIN
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Ben's father had died three months before. He had lost his mother when ten years old, and having neither brother nor sister was left quite alone in the world. At one time his father had possessed a few thousand dollars, but by unlucky investments he had lost nearly all, so that Ben's inheritance amounted to less than four hundred dollars.
This thought troubled Mr. Stanton, and on his death-bed he spoke about it to his son.
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"A-hundred-and-fifty-dollars!" he ejaculated, turning his wrinkled face toward our hero.
"That's about the figure," said Ben cheerfully. "A hundred and fifty dollars and board, or three hundred dollars, and I'll board with my uncle."
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