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Rupert's Ambition

Rupert's Ambition

by Jr. Horatio Alger

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Author
Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899
Credits
E-text prepared by David Edwards, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
Success -- Juvenile fiction
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 54621
Release Date
April 28, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.RUPERT'S AMBITION
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.CHAPTER I. RUPERT LOSES HIS PLACE.
  4. 4.CHAPTER II. OUT OF WORK.
  5. 5.CHAPTER III. IN A TIGHT PLACE.
  6. 6.CHAPTER IV. A FALSE REPORT.
  7. 7.CHAPTER V. MRS. MARLOW'S SCHEME.
  8. 8.CHAPTER VI. RUPERT AS A DETECTIVE.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VII. A LUCKY MEETING.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. JULIAN LORIMER.
  11. 11.CHAPTER IX. RUPERT BECOMES A BELL-BOY.
  12. 12.CHAPTER X. A BELL-BOY'S EXPERIENCES.
  13. 13.CHAPTER XI. RUPERT RECEIVES A COMMISSION.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XII. CLAYTON'S SCHEME.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. CLAYTON'S DISAPPOINTMENT.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. THE YOUNG NEWSBOY.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XV. MR. SYLVESTER'S BIRTHDAY.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. JULIAN HAS TWO DISAPPOINTMENTS.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. MR. PACKARD OF COLORADO.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. A SCENE AT DELMONICO'S.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. WHAT HAPPENED IN NO. 61.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XX. MR. PACKARD'S GIFT.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XXI. RUPERT BECOMES A CONFIDANT.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXII. TRYING TO BE AN ACTOR.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXIII. A BAFFLED SCHEME.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIV. LESLIE'S PROGRESS.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXV. LESLIE WATERS AS A DRAMATIC STAR.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXVI. TRIUMPHANT OVER OBSTACLES.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVII. AN INGENIOUS TRICK.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVIII. RUPERT RESIGNS HIS SITUATION.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXIX. THE ST. JAMES HOTEL, IN DENVER.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXX. PACKARD'S HOME AT RED GULCH.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXXI. BEN BOONE.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXII. AN UNPLEASANT BEDFELLOW.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIII. BEN BOONE'S TEMPTATION.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIV. RUPERT'S PREDICAMENT.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXV. RUPERT MAKES A DISCOVERY.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVI. A LUCKY ENCOUNTER.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVII. AN INDIAN GUIDE.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVIII. HOW TO MANAGE A ROGUE.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIX. NEW PLANS.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XL. CONCLUSION.

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