1891
If this is borrowed by a friend
Right welcome shall he be
To read, to study, not to lend
But to return to me.
Not that imparted knowledge doth
Diminish learning's store
But books I find if often lent
Return to me no more.
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I. — ON THE ERIE ROAD. ]
[ CHAPTER II. — A FAIR EXCHANGE. ]
[ CHAPTER III. — FRED'S RICH RELATION. ]
[ CHAPTER IV. — ZEBULON MACK. ]
[ CHAPTER V. — AN ADVENTURE ON THE TRAIN. ]
[ CHAPTER VI. — MR. BASCOM'S PERIL. ]
[ CHAPTER VII. — FERDINAND MORRIS. ]
[ CHAPTER VIII. — MR. BASCOM'S SAD PLIGHT. ]
[ CHAPTER IX. — A LONG TRIP. ]
[ CHAPTER X. — WHAT TOOK PLACE IN NO. 21. ]
[ CHAPTER XI. — FRED FALLS UNDER A TERRIBLE SUSPICION. ]
[ CHAPTER XII. — FRED AS A PRISONER. ]
[ CHAPTER XIII. — THE HOTEL CLERK'S MISTAKE. ]
[ CHAPTER XIV. — THE MISSING VALISE. ]
[ CHAPTER XV. — MR. PALMER WALKS INTO A TRAP. ]
[ CHAPTER XVI. — PALMER'S MALICE. ]
[ CHAPTER XVII. — TWO YOUNG LADY PASSENGERS AT ODDS. ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII. — UNSATISFACTORY RELATIONS. ]
[ CHAPTER XIX. — RUTH PATTON CALLS ON MR. FERGUSON. ]
[ CHAPTER XX. — A FRIEND IN NEED. ]
[ CHAPTER XXI. — LUELLA'S PAINFUL DISCOVERY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXII. — MISS FERGUSON WRITES A NOTE. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII. — ANOTHER RAILROAD ADVENTURE. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIV. — FRED'S GOOD LUCK. ]
[ CHAPTER XXV. — ROSE WAINWRIGHT'S PARTY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVI. — FRED BECOMES A NEWSPAPER HERO. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVII. — A CONFIDENTIAL MISSION. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. — ST. VICTOR. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIX. — FRED TAKES THE FIRST STEP. ]
[ CHAPTER XXX. — A HUNTING EXCURSION. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXI. — FRED HAS AN UNDERSTANDING WITH SINCLAIR. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXII. — FINDING A CLEW. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. — SUCCESS! ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. — BOWMAN'S PANIC. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXV. — FRED'S REWARD. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. — A LETTER FROM TOM SLOAN. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. — COUSIN FERGUSON. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. — CONCLUSION. ]