The Project Gutenberg eBook, Jack's Ward, by Horatio Alger, Jr.JACK'S WARDORTHE BOY GUARDIANBY HORATIO ALGER, JR.1910Contents [BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY] [CHAPTER I—JACK HARDING GETS A JOB] [CHAPTER II—THE EVENTS OF AN EVENING] [CHAPTER III—JACK'S NEW PLAN] [CHAPTER IV—MRS. HARDING TAKES A BOARDER] [CHAPTER V—THE CAPTAIN'S DEPARTURE] [CHAPTER VI—THE LANDLORD'S VISIT] [CHAPTER VII—THE NEW YEAR'S GIFT] [CHAPTER VIII—A LUCKY RESCUE] [CHAPTER IX—WHAT THE ENVELOPE CONTAINED] [CHAPTER X—JACK'S MISCHIEF] [CHAPTER XI—MISS HARDING'S MISTAKE] [CHAPTER XII—SEVEN YEARS] [CHAPTER XIII—A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR] [CHAPTER XIV—PREPARING FOR A JOURNEY] [CHAPTER XV—THE JOURNEY] [CHAPTER XVI—UNEXPECTED QUARTERS] [CHAPTER XVII—SUSPENSE] [CHAPTER XVIII—HOW IDA FARED] [CHAPTER XIX—BAD MONEY] [CHAPTER XX—DOUBTS AND FEARS] [CHAPTER XXI—AUNT RACHEL'S MISHAPS] [CHAPTER XXII—THE FLOWER GIRL] [CHAPTER XXIII—JACK OBTAINS INFORMATION] [CHAPTER XXIV—JACK'S DISCOVERY] [CHAPTER XXV—CAUGHT IN A TRAP] [CHAPTER XXVI—DR. ROBINSON] [CHAPTER XXVII—JACK BEGINS TO REALIZE HIS SITUATION] [CHAPTER XXVIII—THE SECRET STAIRCASE] [CHAPTER XXIX—JACK IS DETECTED] [CHAPTER XXX—JACK'S TRIUMPH] [CHAPTER XXXI—MR. JOHN SOMERVILLE] [CHAPTER XXXII—A PROVIDENTIAL MEETING] [CHAPTER XXXIII—IDA IS FOUND] [CHAPTER XXXIV—NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND] [CHAPTER XXXV—JACK'S RETURN] [CHAPTER XXXVI—CONCLUSION]