Frank Merriwell’s First Job
OR
AT THE FOOT OF THE LADDER
CONTENTS
| Chapter | Page | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | A Blow by Fate | [5] |
| II. | Farewell to Yale | [11] |
| III. | On the Way Home | [16] |
| IV. | The Reward of Wrongdoing | [23] |
| V. | The Man Who Worked the Wires | [28] |
| VI. | The Setting of the Sun | [34] |
| VII. | Phantom Fingers | [40] |
| VIII. | Unwelcome Visitors | [46] |
| IX. | Captured by Whitecaps | [52] |
| X. | Cowardly Work | [57] |
| XI. | Frank’s Strange Friend | [63] |
| XII. | For His Enemy | [69] |
| XIII. | The Bully of the Roundhouse | [75] |
| XIV. | The Bully Meets His Match | [80] |
| XV. | Striking a Job | [86] |
| XVI. | The First Forenoon | [91] |
| XVII. | The Street Musicians | [97] |
| XVIII. | Uplifted Hearts | [103] |
| XIX. | An Angry Engineer | [109] |
| XX. | Some Points About Hicks | [115] |
| XXI. | Frank Discovers a Break | [120] |
| XXII. | The Interrupted Supper | [126] |
| XXIII. | An Unwelcome Relation | [132] |
| XXIV. | Frank Exacts a Promise | [137] |
| XXV. | On a Switch Engine | [143] |
| XXVI. | Capturing a Wild Engine | [148] |
| XXVII. | Frank’s Friends | [154] |
| XXVIII. | Firing a Freight Engine | [160] |
| XXIX. | The Fight on the Engine | [165] |
| XXX. | Merriwell’s Generosity | [171] |
| XXXI. | An Ungrateful Man | [177] |
| XXXII. | On the Stairs | [182] |
| XXXIII. | Under the Crust of a Human Heart | [188] |
| XXXIV. | The Revelation of a Secret | [193] |
| XXXV. | The Little Pilot | [200] |
| XXXVI. | “On Time, at Last!” | [206] |
Frank Merriwell’s First Job
OR
AT THE FOOT OF THE LADDER
By BURT L. STANDISH
Author of “Frank Merriwell’s School Days,” “Frank
Merriwell’s Chums,” “Frank Merriwell’s Foes,”
“Frank Merriwell’s Trip West,” etc.