CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[Waking Up]1
II.[A Five-Dollar Job]11
III.[A Business Call]19
IV.[A Break for Liberty]28
V.[The Balloonist’s Rescue]37
VI.[“Mail Order Frank”]51
VII.[Strictly Business]57
VIII.[A Step Forward]67
IX.[Sense and System]76
X.[A Visit To the City]87
XI.[A Friend in Need]99
XII.[A Boy With a Mystery]109
XIII.[A Good Start]117
XIV.[A Mean Enemy]126
XV.[A Piece of Chalk]133
XVI.[“Frank’s Mail Order House”]143
XVII.[A Nest Egg]153
XVIII.[A Suspicious Visitor]162
XIX.[Missing]169
XX.[A Bad Business]176
XXI.[An Unexpected Meeting]185
XXII.[Good News]194
XXIII.[A Rival Concern]200
XXIV.[An Unwelcome Visitor]206
XXV.[Trouble Brewing]213
XXVI.[Mysterious Stet]219
XXVII.[The Post-Office Inspector]225
XXVIII.[A Heart of Gold]232
XXIX.[Conclusion]237

BOUND TO SUCCEED

[CHAPTER I]
WAKING UP

“Mother, I must do something, and that right quickly.”

It was Frank Newton who was talking. His voice was composed, but determined. His face was calm, but there was a resolute look in his eyes. It told that under the surface some unusual emotion was stirring Frank.

“I don’t see how you can do any more than you are doing now,” responded his mother with an anxious sigh. “Of course it seems hard to get along with so little when we have been used to having so much. But, oh, Frank, when I think of what was once—you away, I knew not where, and my heart breaking to find out—I am grateful and happy, and so very proud of you, my dear, dear boy.”