Adventures of a Telegraph Boy or 'Number 91'
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Horatio Alger Jr.. Adventures of a Telegraph Boy or 'Number 91'
CHAPTER I. PAUL, THE TELEGRAPH BOY
CHAPTER II. THE CORTLANDT STREET FERRY
CHAPTER III. OLD JERRY THE MISER
CHAPTER IV. A STRANGE COMMISSION
CHAPTER V. AN EXCITING INTERVIEW
CHAPTER VI. PAUL MAKES A STRANGE DISCOVERY
CHAPTER VII. PAUL RESOLVES TO MOVE
CHAPTER VIII. PAUL MOVES TO LUDLOW STREET
CHAPTER IX. PAUL BECOMES A CAPITALIST
CHAPTER X. PAUL LOSES HIS BANK BOOK
CHAPTER XI. AT THE SAVINGS BANK
CHAPTER XII. JAMES BARCLAY’S DISAPPOINTMENT
CHAPTER XIII. JAMES BARCLAY AT HOME
CHAPTER XIV. ON THE TRACK OF NUMBER 91
CHAPTER XV. BARCLAY GETS INTO BUSINESS
CHAPTER XVI. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
CHAPTER XVII. A QUEER COMPACT
CHAPTER XVIII. JAMES BARCLAY OBTAINS A CLEW
CHAPTER XIX. OLD JERRY RECEIVES A VISIT
CHAPTER XX. JAMES BARCLAY COMES TO GRIEF
CHAPTER XXI. THE FANCY DRESS PARTY
CHAPTER XXII. THE YOUNG MINSTRELS
CHAPTER XXIII. THE PICKPOCKET
CHAPTER XXIV. A ROOM AT THE ALBEMARLE HOTEL
CHAPTER XXV. OLD JERRY’S WEALTH
CHAPTER XXVI. ELLEN BARCLAY’S DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXVII. JERRY DISCOVERS HIS LOSS
CHAPTER XXVIII. JERRY FINDS A NEW RELATION
CHAPTER XXIX. A NEW COMMISSION
CHAPTER XXX. PAUL’S RECEPTION AT ROCKVILLE
CHAPTER XXXI. A DEFEAT FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER
CHAPTER XXXII. FROST MERCER IS CONTRARY
CHAPTER XXXIII. A STARTLING DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXXIV. A PLOT AGAINST PAUL
CHAPTER XXXV. PAUL RETURNS TO NEW YORK
CHAPTER XXXVI. JAMES BARCLAY REAPPEARS
CHAPTER XXXVII. JAMES BARCLAY’S SCHEME
CHAPTER XXXVIII. CONCLUSION
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The old man turned, and, recognizing Paul, looked somewhat ashamed.
“I – I couldn’t help it,” he whined. “I’m so poor.”
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“Once I invited him, and told him I would pay the bill. He ate a square meal, meat, coffee, and pie, costing sixteen cents. He seemed to relish it very much, but when we were going away he groaned over my extravagance, and predicted that I would die in the poorhouse. I’ve never succeeded in getting him there since.”
“Well, well,” said the farmer, “of all the fools on the footstool, I believe the biggest is the man who deprives himself of vittles to save up money for somebody else to spend. I’m too selfish, for my part.”
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