Chapter I: Front Matter

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A BOY'S FORTUNE

Or,

The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker

by

HORATIO ALGER, JR.

Author of "Adrift in the City," "Grit," "Frank and Fearless," "Dan, the Detective," "Plucky Paul Palmer," etc.

The John C. Winston Co. Philadelphia Chicago Toronto

Copyright, 1898, by Henry T. Coates & Co.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. OLIVER HITCHCOCK'S LUNCH-ROOM, 1

II. A LODGING IN ST. MARK'S PLACE, 10

III. THE MERCHANT'S SECRET, 19

IV. THE MOCK PHILANTHROPIST, 28

V. A YOUNG DUDE, 37

VI. BEN GETS INTO TROUBLE, 45

VII. A STRANGE ADVENTURE, 54

VIII. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING, 67

IX. CLARENCE IS PUZZLED, 72

X. AT THE OFFICE OF MR. CODICIL, 81

XI. THE HOME OF POVERTY, 90

XII. A SURPRISING ANNOUNCEMENT, 99

XIII. A FAREWELL CALL, 108

XIV. WHAT BEN'S FRIENDS THOUGHT, 117

XV. FILIPPO NOVARRO, 126

XVI. ON BOARD THE PARTHIA, 134

XVII. THE BEAUFORTS IN TROUBLE, 143

XVIII. MRS. FLANAGAN IS DRIVEN FROM THE FIELD, 152

XIX. BRIGHTER PROSPECTS, 162

XX. THE NEW HOME, 171

XXI. THE COLLAPSE OF AN ELDERLY DUDE, 181

XXII. THE ROMANCE OF A ROSE, 190

XXIII. ON THE BORDERS OF THE LAKE OF GENEVA, 200

XXIV. THE MAISON DE FOUS, 208

XXV. IN A TRAP, 218

XXVI. INTRODUCES TWO CELEBRITIES, 227

XXVII. A MIDNIGHT ESCAPE, 236

XXVIII. BEN'S FLIGHT, 245

XXIX. BEN IS MISSED, 249

XXX. M. BOURDON'S LITTLE SCHEME, 254

XXXI. A WANDERER IN FRANCE, 262

XXXII. A STRANGE MEETING, 267

XXXIII. AN ASTOUNDING DISCOVERY, 271

XXXIV. ROSE MAKES AN ENEMY, 279

XXXV. A WOMAN'S JEALOUSY, 287

XXXVI. ROSE COMES INTO A FORTUNE, 296

XXXVII. BEN MEETS HIS COUSIN, 305

XXXVIII. M. BOURDON HAS A BAD QUARTER OF AN HOUR, 310

XXXIX. BEN AND HIS UNCLE, 314

XL. CONCLUSION, 319

A BOY'S FORTUNE;

OR, THE

STRANGE ADVENTURES OF BEN BAKER.