Chapter I: Front Matter

FRANK HUNTER'S PERIL

BY

HORATIO ALGER, JR.

AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK SERIES," "LUCK AND PLUCK
SERIES," "TATTERED TOM SERIES," ETC.

PHILADELPHIA

HENRY T. COATES & CO.

COPYRIGHT, 1896,

BY

HENRY T. COATES & CO.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. FRANK AND BEN, 5

II. MR. CRAVEN'S COURTSHIP, 15

III. UNWELCOME NEWS, 21

IV. MR. CRAVEN'S FOUR-LEGGED ENEMY, 30

V. MR. CRAVEN'S RETURN, 40

VI. THE DIFFICULTY OF KILLING A DOG, 50

VII. MISS O'GRADY'S VICTORY, 59

VIII. FRANK IS OBSTINATE, 69

IX. A STRANGER APPEARS ON THE SCENE, 79

X. A CONSPIRACY AGAINST FRANK, 84

XI. TRAPPED, 96

XII. TWO BOY FRIENDS, 105

XIII. JONATHAN TARBOX, OF SQUASHBORO', 114

XIV. THE LONDON CLERK, 123

XV. MR. TARBOX IS OBSTINATE, 133

XVI. AN ADVENTURE IN LONDON, 142

XVII. COLONEL SHARPLEY'S RUSE, 152

XVIII. MR. TARBOX AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION, 162

XIX. FRANK ASSERTS HIS RIGHTS, 172

XX. FRANK LEAVES PARIS, 182

XXI. THE HOTEL DU GLACIER, 192

XXII. OVER THE BRINK, 202

XXIII. GIVING THE ALARM, 208

XXIV. SHARPLEY DISSEMBLES, 212

XXV. A USELESS SEARCH, 217

XXVI. MR. TARBOX ON THE TRAIL, 222

XXVII. TARBOX TO THE RESCUE, 232

XXVIII. SAVED AS BY A MIRACLE, 237

XXIX. FRANK'S PEDESTRIAN TOUR, 242

XXX. NEW FRIENDS, 252

XXXI. HOW THE NEWS WENT HOME, 261

XXXII. BEN BRINGS GOOD NEWS, 269

XXXIII. ALPINE EXPLORATIONS OF MR. TARBOX, 279

XXXIV. THE PLOW IS A SUCCESS, 287

XXXV. MR. CRAVEN MEETS WITH UNEXPECTED
DIFFICULTIES, 296

XXXVI. SHARPLEY'S RETURN, 306

XXXVII. MRS. CRAVEN'S FIXED IDEA, 315

XXXVIII. RETRIBUTION, 325

FRANK HUNTER'S PERIL.