Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret
NEW YORK HURST & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Slowly through the village street walked an elderly man, with bronzed features and thin gray hair, supporting his somewhat uncertain steps by a stout cane. He was apparently tired, for, seeing a slight natural elevation under a branching elm tree, he sat down, and looked thoughtfully about him.
Well, he said, Lakeville hasn't changed much since I left it, twenty years since. Has there been any change among those who are near to me? I don't know, but I shall soon find out. Shall I receive a welcome or not? There ought to be two families to greet me, but——
Here a boy appeared on the scene, a boy of fifteen, with a sturdy figure and a pleasant face, whose coarse suit indicated narrow means, if not poverty. Seeing the old man, with instinctive politeness he doffed his hat and with a pleasant smile bade him good-morning.
Good-morning, returned the traveller, won by the boy's pleasant face and manner. If you are not in a hurry won't you sit down by me and answer a few questions?
With pleasure, sir; my business isn't driving.
This is Lakeville, isn't it?
Yes, sir.
I used to know the place—a good many years since. It hasn't grown much.
Jr. Horatio Alger
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
OR, JACOB MARLOWE'S SECRET.
HORATIO ALGER, JR.
CHAPTER I.
A NEW ARRIVAL IN LAKEVILLE.
CHAPTER II.
UNCLE JACOB'S RECEPTION.
CHAPTER III.
A VISIT TO THE FACTORY.
CHAPTER IV.
UNCLE JACOB'S STARTLING REVELATION.
CHAPTER V.
UNCLE JACOB RECEIVES HIS WALKING PAPERS.
CHAPTER VI
SQUIRE MARLOWE IS SURPRISED.
CHAPTER VII.
UNCLE JACOB LEAVES LAKEVILLE.
CHAPTER VIII.
DISCHARGED.
CHAPTER IX.
MRS. BARTON'S SECRET.
CHAPTER X.
STOLEN MONEY.
CHAPTER XI.
THE TWENTY-DOLLAR BILL.
CHAPTER XII.
MR. JONES IS EXCITED.
CHAPTER XIII.
PERCY GETS RID OF THE BILL.
CHAPTER XIV.
BERT STANDS TRIAL.
CHAPTER XV.
BERT'S TRIUMPHANT VINDICATION.
CHAPTER XVI.
WHAT BECAME OF THE STOLEN NOTE.
CHAPTER XVII.
AFTER THE TRIAL.
CHAPTER XVIII.
BERT OBTAINS WORK.
CHAPTER XIX.
BERT'S EXPERIENCE AS A FARMER'S BOY.
CHAPTER XX.
BERT IS PLACED IN AN EMBARRASSING POSITION.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE MIDNIGHT VISIT TO THE PANTRY.
CHAPTER XXII.
A PANIC AT FARMER WILSON'S.
CHAPTER XXIII.
BERT FORMS A RESOLUTION.
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE OFFICE OF THE MAGNET MINE.
CHAPTER XXV.
AN ADVERTISEMENT AND WHAT CAME OF IT.
CHAPTER XXVI.
BERT SECURES BOARD IN HARRISBURG.
CHAPTER XXVII.
A BOARDING-HOUSE IN HARRISBURG.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
BERT'S FIRST APPEARANCE ON ANY STAGE.
CHAPTER XXIX.
BERT SECURES A BOX OF MR. HARDING'S PAPERS.
CHAPTER XXX.
BERT OBTAINS AN IMPORTANT CLEW.
CHAPTER XXXI.
SQUIRE MARLOWE IS SURPRISED.
CHAPTER XXXII.
HIRAM FRENCH, OF CHICAGO.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
A LATE ARRIVAL AT MRS. BARTON'S COTTAGE.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
BERT INTERVIEWS HARDING'S SISTER.
CHAPTER XXXV.
SUCCESS COMES STRANGELY.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
RALPH HARDING IS FOUND.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
ALBERT MARLOWE MEETS HIS VICTIM.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
MR. BARTON DEFIES THE SQUIRE.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
CONCLUSION.
ALGER SERIES FOR BOYS.
