The Telegraph Boy
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Excerpt from The Telegraph Or Making His Way in New YorkThe class of boys described in the pres ent volume was called into existence only a few years since, but they are already so numerous that one can scarcely ride down town by any conveyance without having one for a fellow - passenger. Most of them reside With their parents and have comfortable homes, but a few, like the hero of this story, are Wholly dependent on their own exertions for a livelihood. The variety of errands on Which they are employed, and their curious experiences, are by no means exaggerated in the present story. In its pr...
Chapters (107)
- THE TELEGRAPH BOY.
- AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK SERIES," "LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES," "BRAVE AND BOLD SERIES," ETC., ETC.
- THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO TORONTO
- To THREE YOUNG FRIENDS, Lorin and Beatrice Bernheimer, AND Florine Arnold, This Story IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE.
- THE TELEGRAPH BOY.
- CHAPTER I.
- A YOUNG CARPET-BAGGER.
- CHAPTER II.
- DICK RAFFERTY.
- CHAPTER III.
- FRANK FINDS AN EMPLOYER.
- CHAPTER IV.
- "PITY THE BLIND."
- CHAPTER V.
- FRANK THROWS UP HIS SITUATION.
- CHAPTER VI.
- FRANK GETS A JOB.
- CHAPTER VII.
- AN INVITATION TO DINNER.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- A NEWSBOY'S EXPERIENCES.
- CHAPTER IX.
- VICTOR DUPONT.
- CHAPTER X.
- A NEW PROSPECT.
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE TELEGRAPH BOY.
- Frank, the Telegraph Boy.
- CHAPTER XII.
- A WAYWARD SON.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- A TIMELY RESCUE.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- FRANK MAKES AN EVENING CALL.
- CHAPTER XV.
- AT WALLACK'S THEATRE.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- FRANK AS A DETECTIVE.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- FRANK MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- A RICH WOMAN'S SORROW.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- A MESSENGER OF GOOD TIDINGS.
- CHAPTER XX.
- A NEW JOB, AND A LETTER FROM HOME.
- The Merchant Surveyed with Approval.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- FRANK'S FIRST DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- FOLLOWING UP A CLUE.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- BROUGHT TO BAY.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- AN OPEN ENEMY.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- WHAT THE OLD TRUNK CONTAINED.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- A TRAP, AND WHO FELL INTO IT.
- CHAPTER XXVII.
- FRANK BECOMES A GOOD SAMARITAN.
- CHAPTER XXVIII.
- A COUNTRY COUSIN.
- CHAPTER XXIX.
- CONCLUSION.
- FAMOUS ALGER BOOKS.
- RAGGED DICK SERIES.
- TATTERED TOM SERIES.
- TATTERED TOM SERIES. Second Series.
- CAMPAIGN SERIES.
- LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES. First Series.
- LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES. Second Series.
- BRAVE AND BOLD SERIES.
- PACIFIC SERIES.
- ATLANTIC SERIES.
- WAY TO SUCCESS SERIES.
- NEW WORLD SERIES.
- VICTORY SERIES.
- FRANK AND FEARLESS SERIES.
- GOOD FORTUNE LIBRARY.
- HOW TO RISE LIBRARY.
- THE JOHN C WINSTON COS POPULAR JUVENILES
- HARRY CASTLEMON BOOKS
- GUNBOAT SERIES.
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN SERIES.
- SPORTSMAN'S CLUB SERIES.
- FRANK NELSON SERIES.
- ROUGHING IT SERIES.
- ROD AND GUN SERIES.
- GO-AHEAD SERIES.
- WAR SERIES.
- HOUSEBOAT SERIES.
- AFLOAT AND ASHORE SERIES.
- J. T. TROWBRIDGE.
- JACK HAZARD SERIES.
- CHARLES ASBURY STEPHENS.
- CAMPING OUT SERIES.
- FAMOUS STANDARD JUVENILES FOR GIRLS
- WAYS AND MEANS LIBRARY. By Margaret Vandegrift.
- STORIES FOR GIRLS.
- HONEST ENDEAVOR LIBRARY. By Lucy C. Lillie.
- MILBROOK LIBRARY. By Lucy C. Lillie.
- RECENT SUCCESSES
- HURLBUT'S STORY OF THE BIBLE told for YOUNG AND OLD by Rev. Jesse Lyman Hurlbut, D.D.
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