CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. BEN AND HIS STEPFATHER.
CHAPTER II. BEN WITNESSES AN EXPLOSION.
CHAPTER III. MR. WINTER'S SAVINGS BANK.
CHAPTER IV. AN EXCITING ENCOUNTER.
CHAPTER V. A MIDNIGHT CALL.
CHAPTER VI. A DISAPPOINTED BURGLAR.
CHAPTER VII. BEN FORMS A SUDDEN DETERMINATION.
CHAPTER VIII. BEN ARRIVES IN BOSTON.
CHAPTER IX. BEN BECOMES A HERO.
CHAPTER X. BEN DINES IN MT. VERNON STREET.
CHAPTER XI. BEN HAS A NARROW ESCAPE.
CHAPTER XII. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE.
CHAPTER XIII. BEN IS INTRODUCED TO A POET.
CHAPTER XIV. THINGS AT WRAYBURN.
CHAPTER XV. BEN GETS EMPLOYMENT.
CHAPTER XVI. BEN VISITS MR. SIMPSON.
CHAPTER XVII. RIVALS IN BUSINESS.
CHAPTER XVIII. REHEARSING.
CHAPTER XIX. BEN MAKES HIS DEBUT.
CHAPTER XX. BEN'S LETTER HOME.
CHAPTER XXI. BEN MEETS WITH A LOSS.
CHAPTER XXII. GEORGE GRAYSON COMES TO GRIEF.
CHAPTER XXIII. A STRANGE ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XXIV. BEN PLAYS A PART.
CHAPTER XXV. THE MYSTERY DEEPENS.
CHAPTER XXVI. BEN'S STRANGE PROSPERITY.
CHAPTER XXVII. MRS. HARCOURT'S SUDDEN RESOLUTION.
CHAPTER XXVIII. BEN MAKES SOME TITLED FRIENDS.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE MORDAUNT FAMILY.
CHAPTER XXX. BEN'S PROGRESS.
CHAPTER XXXI. UNWELCOME NEWS.
CHAPTER XXXII. JACOB WINTER.
CHAPTER XXXIII. A STARTLING INCIDENT.
CHAPTER XXXIV. MRS. HARCOURT'S LETTER.
CHAPTER XXXV. BASIL WENTWORTH REACHES GENEVA.
CHAPTER XXXVI. MR. SNODGRASS SUGGESTS AN INVESTMENT.
CHAPTER XXXVII. FRANK MORDAUNT.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. BEN OVERHEARS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
CHAPTER XXXIX. BEN CONSULTS A LAWYER.
CHAPTER XL. CONCLUSION.
“Why, Ben, how came you here?” and looking up Ben recognized his cousin Adelbert.—Page 58.
Ben Bruce.
