Making His Mark
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Alger Horatio Jr.. Making His Mark
CHAPTER I. AN UNPLEASANT TALK
CHAPTER II. MR. TUBBS, THE GROCER
CHAPTER III. MRS. LANE'S DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER IV. THE LOST LETTER
CHAPTER V. ABEL ARRIVES IN PORTVILLE
CHAPTER VI. THE SON AND HEIR
CHAPTER VII. A PLEBEIAN RELATIVE
CHAPTER VIII. A COLD RECEPTION
CHAPTER IX. A LUCKY RESCUE
CHAPTER X. GERALD FINDS A SYMPATHIZING FRIEND
CHAPTER XI. THE BURGLAR'S DEFEAT
CHAPTER XII. A GROCER'S CLERK
CHAPTER XIII. AN ARTFUL TRICK
CHAPTER XIV. A CRISIS
CHAPTER XV. A STRANGE PROPOSAL
CHAPTER XVI. MRS. LANE'S SURPRISE
CHAPTER XVII. GERALD LEAVES PORTVILLE
CHAPTER XVIII. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER XIX. A BOLD ROBBERY
CHAPTER XX. A LETTER FROM PORTVILLE
CHAPTER XXI. A MINING SETTLEMENT IN MONTANA
CHAPTER XXII. THE TABLES ARE TURNED
CHAPTER XXIII. NEW ARRANGEMENTS
CHAPTER XXIV. A NEW HOME
CHAPTER XXV. A PERILOUS RIDE
CHAPTER XXVI. SAUL GRIDLEY SEEKS REVENGE
CHAPTER XXVII. SAUL GRIDLEY'S UNPLEASANT SURPRISE
CHAPTER XXVIII. A TRIP ON HORSEBACK
CHAPTER XXIX. NERO
CHAPTER XXX. THE CIRCUS
CHAPTER XXXI. RANSOM
CHAPTER XXXII. IMPRISONED
CHAPTER XXXIII. RESCUED
CHAPTER XXXIV. A DEED OF GIFT
CHAPTER XXXV. JOHN GRAVES REAPPEARS
CHAPTER XXXVI. MRS. LANE'S DISCOMFITURE
CHAPTER XXXVII. CONCLUSION
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Gerald was so disturbed by the communication which his stepmother had made that he walked at random, hardly knowing in what direction he was going. Before he was well aware of it, he found himself passing the grocery store in which, according to Mrs. Lane's plans, he was to find employment. Raising his eyes he saw Mr. Tubbs standing in the doorway.
The grocer was a short, stout man, not over five feet four inches in height and weighing well on to two hundred pounds. His features relaxed into a smile as he recognized Gerald.
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"It will relieve us very much. Mother has been worrying a good deal over our trouble. She didn't know where to go."
Now it happened that Mrs. Lane, who was walking on the opposite side of the street, saw the two boys coming out of the bank. Her curiosity was aroused, and unseen by Gerald, she crossed over and entered the savings bank.
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