THE TELEGRAPH BOY, by BY HORATIO ALGER, Jr

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Author

Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899

Title

The Telegraph Boy

Credits

Produced by David Edwards, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from scans of public domain material produced by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

24013

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24013

Release Date

December 24, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE TELEGRAPH BOY.
2. 2.BY HORATIO ALGER, Jr. , — 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.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.PREFACE.
6. 6.THE TELEGRAPH BOY.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. — A YOUNG CARPET-BAGGER.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — DICK RAFFERTY.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — FRANK FINDS AN EMPLOYER.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — "PITY THE BLIND."
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — FRANK THROWS UP HIS SITUATION.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — FRANK GETS A JOB.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — AN INVITATION TO DINNER.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — A NEWSBOY'S EXPERIENCES.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — VICTOR DUPONT.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — A NEW PROSPECT.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — THE TELEGRAPH BOY. — Frank, the Telegraph Boy.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — A WAYWARD SON.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. — A TIMELY RESCUE.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. — FRANK MAKES AN EVENING CALL.
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. — AT WALLACK'S THEATRE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. — FRANK AS A DETECTIVE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. — FRANK MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. — A RICH WOMAN'S SORROW.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. — A MESSENGER OF GOOD TIDINGS.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX. — A NEW JOB, AND A LETTER FROM HOME. — The Merchant Surveyed with Approval.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. — FRANK'S FIRST DISCOVERY.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. — FOLLOWING UP A CLUE.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. — BROUGHT TO BAY.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. — AN OPEN ENEMY.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV. — WHAT THE OLD TRUNK CONTAINED.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI. — A TRAP, AND WHO FELL INTO IT.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII. — FRANK BECOMES A GOOD SAMARITAN.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII. — A COUNTRY COUSIN.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX. — CONCLUSION.
36. 36.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.
37. 37.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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