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| I | An Introduction to the Great City | [11] |
| II | An Effort to Obtain Employment | [20] |
| III | An Evening with Bob Hunter | [26] |
| IV | At Mr. Goldwin’s Office | [34] |
| V | The Contest Between Herbert and Felix | [41] |
| VI | A Ray of Sunshine | [50] |
| VII | Bob Hunter Thoroughly Aroused | [57] |
| VIII | Felix Mortimer at the Bank | [65] |
| IX | Bob Assumes a Disguise | [75] |
| X | Something About Herbert Randolph | [83] |
| XI | Imprisoned at the Fence | [87] |
| XII | Bob’s Brilliant Move | [94] |
| XIII | A Terrible Fear | [102] |
| XIV | Bob Outwits the Old Fence | [108] |
| XV | Bob and Herbert Meet | [113] |
| XVI | The Old Fence in a Trap | [120] |
| XVII | Bob Goes for an Officer | [126] |
| XVIII | Tom Flannery is Hungry | [133] |
| XIX | The Rivals at the Bank | [138] |
| XX | Felix Mortimer Discomfited | [142] |
| XXI | Two Young Capitalists | [154] |
| XXII | The Great Banquet | [161] |
| XXIII | Bob Hunter’s Ambition | [178] |
| XXIV | A Visit to the Banker’s House | [182] |
| XXV | Tom Flannery’s Sickness | [191] |
| XXVI | A Crash in Wall Street | [196] |
| XXVII | Dark Days | [201] |
| XXVIII | In Business for Himself | [210] |
| XXIX | Tom Flannery’s Funeral | [218] |
| XXX | In a New Home | [224] |
| XXXI | The Boy Broker | [228] |
| XXXII | The Conspirators’ Fate | [233] |
| XXXIII | A Glimpse at the Future | [236] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Herbert Randolph emerges from the cellar in which he has been kept a prisoner, | [Frontispiece.] |
| The Great City, | [10] |
| “You evidently know all about propriety, so here is my hand,” said Herbert, | [13] |
| Herbert Randolph in the Post Office, | [17] |
| Memories of country life—The greeting by the way, | [23] |
| The benevolent old gentleman presses money on the country boy, | [27] |
| The country boy finds a well filled pocket book, | [29] |
| The country boy to the rescue, | [31] |
| At the Boss Tweed Restaurant, | [33] |
| A Glimpse of Wall Street, | [35] |
| Herbert Randolph finds himself among a mob of rival applicants, | [37] |
| Gunwagner and Felix agree upon a plan, | [48] |
| Young Randolph handed Ray into the carriage with just enough embarrassment in his manner to interest her, | [51] |
| Bob Hunter, alone in his room, wonders what has become of his new friend, | [59] |
| Tom Flannery, | [64] |
| Bob Hunter speaks up for Herbert, | [71] |
| Bob Hunter plays the detective, | [77] |
| A surprise for Felix Mortimer, | [85] |
| Young Randolph at last falls asleep exhausted, | [92] |
| Suddenly realizing his horrible situation, Herbert sprang upon the bench with a pitiful cry of terror, | [105] |
| Gunwagner pursuing the boys, | [111] |
| Gunwagner bursts into the room in a furious mood, | [121] |
| Gunwagner in the hands of the police, | [130] |
| Young Randolph and Bob Hunter confront Felix Mortimer and charge him with his villainy, | [147] |
| “Tom,” said Bob, “here’s a five for you.” | [155] |
| The great banquet, | [163] |
| Bob and Tom coming out of the bank, | [179] |
| Herbert’s first visit to the banker’s house, | [185] |
| “You embarrass me,” said Herbert, blushing, | [187] |
| Tom Flannery in delirium, | [194] |
| Young Randolph again in the ranks of the unemployed, | [200] |
| Herbert Randolph shoveling snow, | [203] |
| Herbert Randolph working on the hoist, | [206] |
| Tom Flannery’s deathbed, | [216] |
| Tom Flannery’s funeral, | [221] |
| Ray reading to Mrs. Flannery, | [222] |
| Mrs. Flannery and the two boys in their new home, | [225] |
| Gunwagner in prison, | [234] |
| Bob Hunter, the student and young business man, | [239] |