CONTENTS.

Chap.		Page
I.	Paul’s Introduction to New York	[9]
II.	Starting in Business	[22]
III.	Making Acquaintances	[34]
IV.	A Great Enterprise	[48]
V.	Messrs. Treat, Jones, Weston, and Dowd	[60]
VI.	The Theatrical Enterprise	[73]
VII.	Artists and Printers	[86]
VIII.	An Author’s Trials	[99]
IX.	The Momentous Occasion	[111]
X.	The First Act	[121]
XI.	The Evening’s Entertainment	[133]
XII.	A Generous Act	[146]
XIII.	A Joyful Meeting	[159]
XIV.	A Day’s Pleasuring	[172]
XV.	The Great Surprise	[185]
XVI.	In Conclusion	[197]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

	Page
She fed him patiently.	[Frontispiece].
He Showed them in Proof of the Truthfulness of his Story.	[11]
“If you Pick any Row with him, you Pick it with me and Johnny.”	[31]
Paul Looked on at these Preparations with the most Profound Surprise.	[45]
“Fellers! Do you know what we can do up here?”	[57]
“Multiplication is Vexation.”	[67]
“How’s Biz, Dick?”	[81]
All could See the Resemblance at once.	[91]
“Who put that up?”	[103]
Holding both Weapons in Front of him, he looked Ready for Instant Flight.	[127]
Dickey Found himself in the Midst of a Blood-thirsty Crowd.	[141]
“Mister Weston,” said Ben, gravely.	[155]
They Stood in a Row before the Clerk of the Fifth Avenue Hotel.	[163]
At Coney Island.	[179]
Ben and Johnny Alone in the New Store.	[189]
“Three Cheers for Polly!”	[201]