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Adventures of a Telegraph Boy; or, "Number 91"

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I. PAUL, THE TELEGRAPH BOY. II. THE CORTLANDT STREET FERRY. III. OLD JERRY THE MISER. IV. A STRANGE COMMISSION. V. AN EXCITING INTERVIEW. VI. PAUL MAKES A STRANGE DISCOVERY. VII. PAUL RESOLVES TO MOVE. VIII. PAUL MOVES TO LUDLOW STREET. IX. PAUL BECOMES A CAPITALIST. X. PAUL LOSES HIS BANK BOOK. XI. AT THE SAVINGS BANK. XII. JAMES BARCLAY’S DISAPPOINTMENT. XIII. JAMES BARCLAY AT HOME. XIV. ON THE TRACK OF NUMBER 91. XV. BARCLAY GETS INTO BUSINESS. XVI. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING. XVII. A QUEER COMPACT. XVIII. JAMES BARCLAY OBTAINS A CLEW. XIX. OLD JERRY RECEIVES A VISIT. XX. JAMES BARCLAY COMES TO GRIEF. XXI. THE FANCY DRESS PARTY. XXII. THE YOUNG MINSTRELS. XXIII. THE PICKPOCKET. XXIV. A ROOM AT THE ALBEMARLE HOTEL. XXV. OLD JERRY’S WEALTH. XXVI. ELLEN BARCLAY’S DISCOVERY. XXVII. JERRY DISCOVERS HIS LOSS. XXVIII. JERRY FINDS A NEW RELATION. XXIX. A NEW COMMISSION. XXX. PAUL’S RECEPTION AT ROCKVILLE. XXXI. A DEFEAT FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER. XXXII. FROST MERCER IS CONTRARY. XXXIII. A STARTLING DISCOVERY. XXXIV. A PLOT AGAINST PAUL. XXXV. PAUL RETURNS TO NEW YORK. XXXVI. JAMES BARCLAY REAPPEARS. XXXVII. JAMES BARCLAY’S SCHEME. XXXVIII. CONCLUSION.

Adventures of a Telegraph Boy

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“FORTY DOLLARS!” EXCLAIMED OLD JERRY. “I’M IN LUCK FOR ONCE.”

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Adventures of a Telegraph Boy OR “Number 91”

By Horatio Alger, Jr.

Author of “Tom Tracy,” “Ned Newton,” “Walter Griffith,” etc.

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New York and Boston H. M. Caldwell Company Publishers

Copyright, 1889 By Frank H. Lovell & Co.

Copyright, 1900 By Street & Smith

Adventures of a Telegraph Boy

ADVENTURES OF A NEW YORK TELEGRAPH BOY.

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