ANNIE, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED In Tender Remembrance BY HER AFFECTIONATE BROTHER
PREFACE.
BEN, THE LUGGAGE BOY; OR, AMONG THE WHARVES.
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCES BEN, THE LUGGAGE BOY.
CHAPTER II. HOW BEN COMMENCED HIS STREET LIFE.
CHAPTER III. STREET SCENES.
CHAPTER IV. A RESTAURANT ON FULTON STREET.
CHAPTER V. A BEER-GARDEN IN THE BOWERY.
CHAPTER VI. THE BURNING BALES.
CHAPTER VII. BEN'S TEMPTATION.
CHAPTER VIII. BEN COMMENCES HIS BUSINESS CAREER.
CHAPTER IX. SCENES AT THE NEWSBOYS' LODGING HOUSE.
CHAPTER X. FURTHER EXPERIENCES.
CHAPTER XI. BEN BECOMES A BAGGAGE-SMASHER.
CHAPTER XII. BEN'S HOME IN PHILADELPHIA.
CHAPTER XIII. THE FIRST CIGAR.
CHAPTER XIV. THE PASSENGER FROM ALBANY.
CHAPTER XV. THE ROOM UNDER THE WHARF.
CHAPTER XVI. BEN MEETS AN OLD FRIEND.
CHAPTER XVII. BEN FORMS A RESOLUTION.
CHAPTER XVIII. LUCK AND ILL LUCK.
CHAPTER XIX. WHICH IS THE GUILTY PARTY?
CHAPTER XX. HOW ALL CAME RIGHT IN THE MORNING.
CHAPTER XXI. IN A NEW LINE.
CHAPTER XXII. THE HEAVY VALISE.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE SURPRISE.
CHAPTER XXIV. BEN TRANSFORMED.
CHAPTER XXV. BEN MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN.
The Roundabout Library For
Young People
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO., Publishers PHILADELPHIA
ROUNDABOUT LIBRARY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Selected from the works of
HARRY CASTLEMON. HOW I CAME TO WRITE MY FIRST BOOK.
Transcriber's note:
A list of some of the author's other books has been moved from the front papers to the end of the book.
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BEN, THE LUGGAGE BOY;
OR,
AMONG THE WHARVES.
BY
HORATIO ALGER, JR.,
AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK," "FAME AND FORTUNE," "MARK, THE MATCH
BOY," "ROUGH AND READY," "CAMPAIGN SERIES,"
"LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES," ETC.
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
PHILADELPHIA,
CHICAGO, TORONTO.
TO
