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Adventures of a Telegraph Boy, or “Number 91”, by Horatio Alger, Jr

Adventures of a Telegraph Boy, or “Number 91”, by Horatio Alger, Jr

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Author
Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899
Title
Adventures of a Telegraph Boy; or, "Number 91"
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
Telegraph -- Employees -- Juvenile fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 52616
Release Date
July 22, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Adventures of a Telegraph Boy OR “Number 91”
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. PAUL, THE TELEGRAPH BOY.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. THE CORTLANDT STREET FERRY.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. OLD JERRY THE MISER.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. A STRANGE COMMISSION.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. AN EXCITING INTERVIEW.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. PAUL MAKES A STRANGE DISCOVERY.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. PAUL RESOLVES TO MOVE.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. PAUL MOVES TO LUDLOW STREET.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. PAUL BECOMES A CAPITALIST.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. PAUL LOSES HIS BANK BOOK.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. AT THE SAVINGS BANK.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. JAMES BARCLAY’S DISAPPOINTMENT.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. JAMES BARCLAY AT HOME.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. ON THE TRACK OF NUMBER 91.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. BARCLAY GETS INTO BUSINESS.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. A QUEER COMPACT.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. JAMES BARCLAY OBTAINS A CLEW.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. OLD JERRY RECEIVES A VISIT.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. JAMES BARCLAY COMES TO GRIEF.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. THE FANCY DRESS PARTY.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. THE YOUNG MINSTRELS.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. THE PICKPOCKET.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. A ROOM AT THE ALBEMARLE HOTEL.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. OLD JERRY’S WEALTH.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. ELLEN BARCLAY’S DISCOVERY.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. JERRY DISCOVERS HIS LOSS.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. JERRY FINDS A NEW RELATION.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. A NEW COMMISSION.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. PAUL’S RECEPTION AT ROCKVILLE.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. A DEFEAT FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. FROST MERCER IS CONTRARY.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII. A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. A PLOT AGAINST PAUL.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV. PAUL RETURNS TO NEW YORK.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI. JAMES BARCLAY REAPPEARS.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII. JAMES BARCLAY’S SCHEME.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVIII. CONCLUSION.
  42. 42.Untitled
  43. 43.Untitled
  44. 44.Transcriber’s Notes:

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