The Store Boy

Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899

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Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899 · 38 chapters

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• Chapter I. BEN BARCLAY MEETS A TRAMPSample
• Chapter II. BEN AND HIS MOTHER
• Chapter III. MRS. BARCLAY'S CALLERS
• Chapter IV. UNPLEASANT BUSINESS
• Chapter V. PROFESSOR HARRINGTON'S ENTERTAINMENT
• Chapter VI. TWO YOUNG RIVALS
• Chapter VII. THE TRAMP MAKES ANOTHER CALL
• Chapter VIII. SQUIRE DAVENPORT'S FINANCIAL OPERATION
• Chapter IX. A PROSPECT OF TROUBLE
• Chapter X. BEN GOES TO NEW YORK
• Chapter XI. THE MADISON AVENUE STAGE
• Chapter XII. BEN'S LUCK
• Chapter XIII. A STARTLING EVENT
• Chapter XIV. BEN SHOWS HIMSELF A HERO
• Chapter XV. BEN LOSES HIS PLACE
• Chapter XVI. BEN FINDS TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
• Chapter XVII. WHAT THE LETTER CONTAINED
• Chapter XVIII. FAREWELL TO PENTONVILLE
• Chapter XIX. A COOL RECEPTION
• Chapter XX. ENTERING UPON HIS DUTIES
• Chapter XXI. AT THE THEATER
• Chapter XXII. A MYSTERIOUS LETTER
• Chapter XXIII. BEN'S VISIT TO THIRTY-FIRST STREET
• Chapter XXIV. BEN ON TRIAL
• Chapter XXV. CONRAD TAKES A BOLD STEP
• Chapter XXVI. MR. LYNX, THE DETECTIVE
• Chapter XXVII. THE TELLTALE TICKET
• Chapter XXVIII. MRS. HILL'S MALICE
• Chapter XXIX. SOME UNEXPECTED CHANGES
• Chapter XXX. BEN"GOES WEST"
• Chapter XXXI. MR. JACKSON RECEIVES A CALL
• Chapter XXXII. BEN SELLS THE FARM
• Chapter XXXIII. GOOD NEWS
• Chapter XXXIV. CONRAD GOES INTO WALL STREET
• Chapter XXXV. TURNING THE TABLES
• Chapter XXXVI. A LETTER FROM ROSE GARDINER
• Chapter XXXVII. BEN'S VISIT TO PENTONVILLE
• Chapter XXXVIII. CONCLUSION