Chapter I: Front Matter

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JED, THE POORHOUSE BOY

by

HORATIO ALGER, JR.

Author of "Ragged Dick," "Luck and Pluck," "Tattered Tom," etc., etc.

The John C. Winston Co. Philadelphia Chicago Toronto

Copyright, 1899, by Henry T. Coates & Co.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. JED, 1

II. MR. AND MRS. FOGSON, 11

III. THE SCRANTON POORHOUSE, 20

IV. AN EXCITING CONTEST, 30

V. JED SECURES AN ALLY, 37

VI. MR. FOGSON MAKES UP HIS MIND, 49

VII. FOGSON'S MISTAKE, 59

VIII. MR. FOGSON IS ASTONISHED, 68

IX. JED LEAVES THE POORHOUSE, 77

X. JED REACHES DUNCAN, 87

XI. JED'S FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE STAGE, 96

XII. PERCY DIXON IS BEWILDERED, 106

XIII. FOGSON IN PURSUIT, 115

XIV. JED'S LUCK, 125

XV. TWO OLD ACQUAINTANCES, 135

XVI. MISS HOLBROOK, SPINSTER, 144

XVII. JED MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE, 153

XVIII. MR. FOGSON RECEIVES A LETTER, 162

XIX. DISCHARGED, 167

XX. JED'S POOR PROSPECTS, 172

XXI. JED ARRIVES IN NEW YORK, 182

XXII. JED MAKES TWO CALLS, 192

XXIII. JED'S BAD LUCK, 202

XXIV. A STARTLING DISCOVERY, 212

XXV. WITHOUT A PENNY, 222

XXVI. IN SEARCH OF EMPLOYMENT, 232

XXVII. AN INTRACTABLE AGENT, 241

XXVIII. A STRANGE COMMISSION, 250

XXIX. A SURPRISE PARTY, 260

XXX. JED ENTERTAINS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE, 270

XXXI. JED RETURNS GOOD FOR EVIL, 280

XXXII. AT BAR HARBOR, 290

XXXIII. THE POORHOUSE RECEIVES TWO VISITORS, 299

XXXIV. THE DETECTIVE, 308

XXXV. MRS. AVERY'S STORY, 313

XXXVI. "WHO WAS JED?" 318

XXXVII. JANE GILMAN, 328

XXXVIII. THE DETECTIVE SECURES AN ALLY, 338

XXXIX. JED LEARNS WHO HE IS, 343

XL. GUY FENWICK'S DEFEAT, 349

XLI. CONCLUSION, 365

JED,

THE POORHOUSE BOY.