FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS

OR, JACOB MARLOWE'S SECRET.

BY

HORATIO ALGER, JR.

AUTHOR OF "THE ERIE TRAIN BOY," "FROM FARM BOY TO SENATOR," "THE YOUNG ACROBAT," ETC.

NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Contents

I.A NEW ARRIVAL IN LAKEVILLE.[3]
II.UNCLE JACOB'S RECEPTION.[10]
III.A VISIT TO THE FACTORY.[16]
IV.UNCLE JACOB'S STARTLING REVELATION.[23]
V.UNCLE JACOB RECEIVES HIS WALKING PAPERS.[31]
VISQUIRE MARLOWE IS SURPRISED.[39]
VII.UNCLE JACOB LEAVES LAKEVILLE.[46]
VIII.DISCHARGED.[54]
IX.MRS. BARTON'S SECRET.[61]
X.STOLEN MONEY.[69]
XI.THE TWENTY-DOLLAR BILL.[77]
XII.MR. JONES IS EXCITED.[84]
XIII.PERCY GETS RID OF THE BILL.[88]
XIV.BERT STANDS TRIAL.[92]
XV.BERT'S TRIUMPHANT VINDICATION.[100]
XVI.WHAT BECAME OF THE STOLEN NOTE.[108]
XVII.AFTER THE TRIAL.[116]
XVIII.BERT OBTAINS WORK.[123]
XIX.BERT'S EXPERIENCE AS A FARMER'S BOY.[131]
XX.BERT IS PLACED IN AN EMBARRASSING POSITION.[138]
XXI.THE MIDNIGHT VISIT TO THE PANTRY.[146]
XXII.A PANIC AT FARMER WILSON'S.[154]
XXIII.BERT FORMS A RESOLUTION.[161]
XXIV.THE OFFICE OF THE MAGNET MINE.[169]
XXV.AN ADVERTISEMENT AND WHAT CAME OF IT.[176]
XXVI.BERT SECURES BOARD IN HARRISBURG.[183]
XXVII.A BOARDING-HOUSE IN HARRISBURG.[191]
XXVIII.BERT'S FIRST APPEARANCE ON ANY STAGE.[199]
XXIX.BERT SECURES A BOX OF MR. HARDING'S PAPERS.[207]
XXX.BERT OBTAINS AN IMPORTANT CLEW.[213]
XXXI.SQUIRE MARLOWE IS SURPRISED.[220]
XXXII.HIRAM FRENCH, OF CHICAGO.[228]
XXXIII.A LATE ARRIVAL AT MRS. BARTON'S COTTAGE.[235]
XXXIV.BERT INTERVIEWS HARDING'S SISTER.[243]
XXXV.SUCCESS COMES STRANGELY.[250]
XXXVI.RALPH HARDING IS FOUND.[258]
XXXVII.ALBERT MARLOWE MEETS HIS VICTIM.[266]
XXXVIII.MR. BARTON DEFIES THE SQUIRE.[271]
XXXIX.CONCLUSION.[276]