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The Project Gutenberg E-text of Luke Walton, by Horatio Alger, Jr

The Project Gutenberg E-text of Luke Walton, by Horatio Alger, Jr

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Author
Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899
Title
Luke Walton
Credits
Produced by Gary Sandino (text) and Al Haines (HTML) from scans kindly provided by the Internet Archive (www.archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
26083
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26083
Release Date
July 17, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.LUKE WALTON — BY
  2. 2.HORATIO ALGER, JR. — Author of "ANDY GORDON," "THE TELEGRAPH BOY," "SAM'S CHANCE," "BOB BURTON," "FRANK MASON'S SECRET" — MADE IN U. S. A. M. A. DONOHUE & COMPANY CHICAGO :: NEW YORK — LUKE WALTON — CHAPTER I — A CHICAGO NEWSBOY — CHAPTER II — A LETTER FROM THE DEAD — CHAPTER III — LUKE FORMS A RESOLUTION — CHAPTER IV — AN ATTACK IN THE DARK — CHAPTER V — HOW LUKE ESCAPED — CHAPTER VI — MR. AFTON'S OFFICE — CHAPTER VII — A STRANGE ENCOUNTER — CHAPTER VIII — A MARKED MAN — CHAPTER IX — STEPHEN WEBB — CHAPTER X — STEPHEN WEBB OBTAINS SOME INFORMATION — CHAPTER XI — A HOUSE ON PRAIRIE AVENUE — CHAPTER XII — A PLOT THAT FAILED — CHAPTER XIII — TOM BROOKS IN TROUBLE — CHAPTER XIV — LUKE HAS A COOL RECEPTION IN PRAIRIE AVENUE — CHAPTER XV — A WELCOME GIFT — CHAPTER XVI — THOMAS BROWNING AT HOME — CHAPTER XVII — A STRANGE VISITOR — CHAPTER XVIII — HOW JACK KING FARED — CHAPTER XIX — A SENSATIONAL INCIDENT — CHAPTER XX — AMBROSE KEAN'S IMPRUDENCE — CHAPTER XXI — A FRIEND IN NEED — CHAPTER XXII — HOW AMBROSE KEAN WAS SAVED — CHAPTER XXIII — STEPHEN WEBB IS PUZZLED — CHAPTER XXIV — MRS. MERTON PASSES A PLEASANT EVENING — CHAPTER XXV — MRS. TRACY'S BROTHER — CHAPTER XXVI — THE PRODIGAL'S RECEPTION — CHAPTER XXVII — UNCLE AND NEPHEW — CHAPTER XXVIII — HAROLD'S TEMPTATION — CHAPTER XXIX — HAROLD'S THEFT — CHAPTER XXX — LUKE WALTON IS SUSPECTED OF THEFT — CHAPTER XXXI — WHO STOLE THE MONEY? — CHAPTER XXXII — HAROLD AND FELICIE MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT — CHAPTER XXXIII — HAROLD'S PLOT FAILS — CHAPTER XXXIV — HAROLD MAKES A PURCHASE — CHAPTER XXXV — A SKILLFUL INVENTION — CHAPTER XXXVI — WARNER POWELL STARTS ON A JOURNEY — CHAPTER XXXVII — THOMAS BROWNING'S SECRET — CHAPTER XXXVIII — FELICIE PROVES TROUBLESOME — CHAPTER XXXIX — LUKE WALTON'S LETTER — CHAPTER XL — FACE TO FACE WITH THE ENEMY — CHAPTER XLI — MR. BROWNING COMES TO TERMS — CHAPTER XLII — CONCLUSION — POWELL & WALTON — WHITE HOUSE INCIDENTS. — Trying the "Greens" on Jake. — A Story Which Lincoln Told the Preachers. — How Lincoln Stood Up for the Word "Sugar-Coated." — Lincoln's Advice to a Prominent Bachelor. — Mr. Lincoln and the Bashful Boys. — An Irish Soldier Who Wanted Something Stronger Than Soda Water. — Looking Out for Breakers. — A Story About Jack Chase. — Stories Illustrating Lincoln's Memory. — Philosophy of Canes. — Common Sense. — Lincoln's Confab with a Committee on "Grant's Whisky." — A "Pretty Tolerable Respectable Sort of a Clergyman." — Opened His Eyes. — Minnehaha and Minneboohoo! — Lincoln and the Artist. — The American Boy's Sports Series — The Aeroplane Series — The Girl Aviator Series

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