Chapter I: Front Matter

THE MYSTERY OF CLEVERLY

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THE MYSTERY OF CLEVERLY

A STORY FOR BOYS

BY
GEORGE BARTON

NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO
BENZIGER BROTHERS
PUBLISHERS OF BENZIGER’S MAGAZINE

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COPYRIGHT, 1907, BY BENZIGER BROTHERS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. In Which a Bully Comes to Grief 7

II. Herbert Finds Himself the Innocent Cause of Much Trouble 14

III. Proving that Birds of a Feather Flock Together 24

IV. In Which Fortune Unexpectedly Favors David Harkins 33

V. In Which David Harkins Becomes the Victim of Peculiar
Circumstances 39

VI. In Which David Harkins Quits This Life and Takes His
Secret with Him 48

VII. In Which Herbert Meets Adversity and Learns the
Meaning of Hard Work 58

VIII. Herbert Becomes Ambitious and is Fascinated by the
Smell of Printers’ Ink 66

IX. Having Become a Newspaper Writer Herbert Looks for New
Worlds to Conquer 77

X. Which Tells of How Herbert Came to Leave the Town of
Cleverly 88

XI. Herbert is Awed and Amazed by His First Sight of a Great
City 98

XII. In Which Herbert Becomes Acquainted With Some of the
Methods of Modern Journalism 109

XIII. Herbert Makes a Hit and Tides Over a Temporary Financial
Difficulty 120

XIV. In Which Herbert is Given an Unusual Opportunity to
Distinguish Himself 127

XV. In Which Herbert Does Some Very Hard Work and Receives a
Terrible Shock 135

XVI. In Which Herbert Loses His Position and Retires in
Disgrace 143

XVII. The Young Reporter Finds That the Door of Opportunity is
Closed to Him 153

XVIII. Wherein a Black Sheep Shows a Desire to Change His Color 161

XIX. Persistence Has its Reward and Herbert Finally Meets the
Mysterious Stranger 169

XX. In Which a Stain is Removed from the Memory of an
Innocent Man 180

XXI. In Which a Telephone Call Produces Some Unexpected
Results 186

XXII. Proving that Bad Persons, Like Bad Pennies, are
Constantly Reappearing 194

XXIII. In Which a Bad Man Reaches the End of His Rope 204

XXIV. Wherein the Clouds Pass Away and the Sun Shines on
Herbert Harkins 215

XXV. Demonstrating the Truth of the Saying that All’s Well
that Ends Well 225

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