PREFACE CHAPTER I. A BOARDING-HOUSE IN BLEECKER STREET. CHAPTER II. INTRODUCTION TO MERCANTILE LIFE. CHAPTER III. AT THE POST-OFFICE. CHAPTER IV. LIFE AT THE BOARDING-HOUSE. CHAPTER V. DICK RECEIVES TWO VALUABLE PRESENTS. CHAPTER VI. MR. GILBERT IS ASTONISHED. CHAPTER VII. A FINANCIAL DISCUSSION. CHAPTER VIII. NEW PLANS. CHAPTER IX. ROSWELL CRAWFORD AT HOME. CHAPTER X. A STORE ON SIXTH AVENUE. CHAPTER XI. A NEW ALLIANCE. CHAPTER XII. DICK FALLS INTO A TRAP. CHAPTER XIII. DICK IN THE STATION-HOUSE. CHAPTER XIV. MICKY MAGUIRE'S DISAPPOINTMENT. CHAPTER XV. THE FRANKLIN STREET STATION-HOUSE. CHAPTER XVI. ROSWELL CRAWFORD RETIRES FROM BUSINESS. CHAPTER XVII. DICK'S ACQUITTAL. CHAPTER XVIII. THE CUP AND THE LIP. CHAPTER XIX. ANOTHER ARREST. CHAPTER XX. BEFORE THE PARTY. CHAPTER XXI. IDA GREYSON'S PARTY. CHAPTER XXII. MICKY MAGUIRE RETURNS FROM THE ISLAND. CHAPTER XXIII. FAME AND FORTUNE. OTHER BOOKS BY HORATIO ALGER, Jr.