[ILLUSTRATION: The Author]
[His Signature]
August, 1913
CHAPTER I
THE FIRST ROUND OF THE LADDER
NEW YORK, February 23, 1866.
"Master Walter E. Stowe:
"If you have not yet procured a situation, please call at my office, 45 Duane Street, and oblige.
"Yours truly,
"JNO. DERHAM,
"Per T. E. D."