CONTENTS
[PREFACE.]
[CHAPTER I. A YOUNG CARPET-BAGGER.]
[CHAPTER II. DICK RAFFERTY.]
[CHAPTER III. FRANK FINDS AN EMPLOYER.]
[CHAPTER IV. "PITY THE BLIND."]
[CHAPTER V. FRANK THROWS UP HIS SITUATION.]
[CHAPTER VI. FRANK GETS A JOB.]
[CHAPTER VII. AN INVITATION TO DINNER.]
[CHAPTER VIII. A NEWSBOY'S EXPERIENCES.]
[CHAPTER IX. VICTOR DUPONT.]
[CHAPTER X. A NEW PROSPECT.]
[CHAPTER XI. THE TELEGRAPH BOY.]
[CHAPTER XII. A WAYWARD SON.]
[CHAPTER XIII. A TIMELY RESCUE.]
[CHAPTER XIV. FRANK MAKES AN EVENING CALL.]
[CHAPTER XV. AT WALLACK'S THEATRE.]
[CHAPTER XVI. FRANK AS A DETECTIVE.]
[CHAPTER XVII. FRANK MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.]
[CHAPTER XVIII. A RICH WOMAN'S SORROW.]
[CHAPTER XIX. A MESSENGER OF GOOD TIDINGS.]
[CHAPTER XX. A NEW JOB, AND A LETTER FROM HOME.]
[CHAPTER XXI. FRANK'S FIRST DISCOVERY.]
[CHAPTER XXII. FOLLOWING UP A CLUE.]
[CHAPTER XXIII. BROUGHT TO BAY.]
[CHAPTER XXIV. AN OPEN ENEMY.]
[CHAPTER XXV. WHAT THE OLD TRUNK CONTAINED.]
[CHAPTER XXVI. A TRAP, AND WHO FELL INTO IT.]
[CHAPTER XXVII. FRANK BECOMES A GOOD SAMARITAN.]
[CHAPTER XXVIII. A COUNTRY COUSIN.]
[CHAPTER XXIX. CONCLUSION.]
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