The Young Salesman
Transcriber's Note: Obvious typographic errors have been corrected. A Table of Contents has been added.
By HORATIO ALGER, Jr.
Author of The Errand Boy, Mark Mason's Victory, Tom Temple's Career, Tony, the Hero, The Train Boy, etc., etc.
A. L. BURT COMPANY, PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
THE YOUNG SALESMAN.
Halfway across the Atlantic the good ship Arcturus was making her way from Liverpool to New York. She was a sailing vessel, and her speed by no means equaled that of the mighty steamships, more than one of which passed her, leaving her far behind.
While she was used chiefly for freight, she carried a few passengers, less than twenty in all.
I wish to call the reader's attention to the occupants of one of the small staterooms, a man and a boy. There was a great contrast between them. The man was thin and hollow-cheeked, and as he lay in his berth he looked to be, as he was, in the last stages of consumption.
The boy, who must have been nearly sixteen, was the picture of health. He was inclined to be dark, with black hair, bright eyes, and with considerable color in his cheeks.
He bent over the reclining figure, and asked, with anxious solicitude: How do you feel, father?
Jr. Horatio Alger
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. ON BOARD THE "ARCTURUS."
CHAPTER II. THE FIRST DAY IN NEW YORK.
CHAPTER III. SCOTT LEARNS A LESSON.
CHAPTER IV. TRACKING THE THIEF.
CHAPTER V. AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE.
CHAPTER VI. SCOTT FINDS A RELATIVE AND A PLACE.
CHAPTER VII. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
CHAPTER VIII. SCOTT RECOVERS PART OF HIS MONEY.
CHAPTER IX. BUSINESS EXPERIENCE.
CHAPTER X. SETH LAWTON.
CHAPTER XI. SCOTT CALLS ON HIS POOR RELATION.
CHAPTER XII. THE SECOND-HAND SUIT.
CHAPTER XIII. A CASH BOY'S TROUBLES.
CHAPTER XIV. A HELPING HAND.
CHAPTER XV. THE CASH BOY'S PROMOTION.
CHAPTER XVI. LOAMMI'S TEMPTATION.
CHAPTER XVII. SUSPICION FALLS UPON SCOTT.
CHAPTER XVIII. TRAPPED.
CHAPTER XIX. A NEW HOME.
CHAPTER XX. SCOTT IS VINDICATED.
CHAPTER XXI. A NEW PLACE.
CHAPTER XXII. THE POOR INVENTOR.
CHAPTER XXIII. EZRA LITTLE'S DISAPPOINTMENT.
CHAPTER XXIV. LOAMMI HEARS GOOD NEWS.
CHAPTER XXV. AT NIAGARA FALLS.
CHAPTER XXVI. AN ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XXVII. RED RALPH.
CHAPTER XXVIII. ON WATCH.
CHAPTER XXIX. A PLOT FOILED.
CHAPTER XXX. RED RALPH'S SURPRISE.
CHAPTER XXXI. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.
CHAPTER XXXII. A LARGE OPERATION.
CHAPTER XXXIII. SCOTT GETS INTO SOCIETY.
CHAPTER XXXIV. MR. BABCOCK'S INVENTION.
CHAPTER XXXV. THE SEALED PACKET.
CHAPTER XXXVI. A TIMELY HELPER.
CHAPTER XXXVII. CONCLUSION.
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