Jr. Horatio Alger

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. GRIT.

CHAPTER II. THE YOUNG BOATMAN.

CHAPTER III. THE LOST HAT.

CHAPTER IV. A BOY IN THE WATER.

CHAPTER V. THE STEPFATHER.

CHAPTER VI. GRIT'S RECOMPENSE.

CHAPTER VII. GRIT ASTONISHES PHIL.

CHAPTER VIII. GRIT PUTS HIS MONEY AWAY.

CHAPTER IX. A LITTLE DISCUSSION.

CHAPTER X. BRANDON LEARNS GRIT'S SECRET.

CHAPTER XI. THE MIDNIGHT VISIT.

CHAPTER XII. GRIT'S MISFORTUNE.

CHAPTER XIII. GRIT'S BOAT IS SOLD.

CHAPTER XIV. THE BILL OF SALE.

CHAPTER XV. GRIT ENGAGES ANOTHER BOAT.

CHAPTER XVI. MR. BRANDON'S FRIEND.

CHAPTER XVII. AN UNWELCOME VISITOR.

CHAPTER XVIII. A STORMY TIME.

CHAPTER XIX. TRAVERS PICKS UP A FRIEND.

CHAPTER XX. A PROMISING PLAN.

CHAPTER XXI. MR. BRANDON LOSES HIS SUPPER.

CHAPTER XXII. BANK OFFICIALS IN COUNCIL.

CHAPTER XXIII. GRIT GIVES IMPORTANT ADVICE.

CHAPTER XXIV. WHAT GRIT OVERHEARD BEHIND THE ELM-TREE.

CHAPTER XXV. MRS. BRANDON IS MYSTIFIED.

CHAPTER XXVI. THE FALL RIVER MANUFACTURER.

CHAPTER XXVII. A FRIEND IN NEED.

CHAPTER XXVIII. THE TRAIN ROBBERY.

CHAPTER XXIX. THE CONSPIRATORS ARE PERPLEXED.

CHAPTER XXX. GRIT IS BETRAYED.

CHAPTER XXXI. NEW PLANS.

CHAPTER XXXII. GRIT RECEIVES A BUSINESS LETTER.

CHAPTER XXXIII. GRIT LEAVES PINE POINT.

CHAPTER XXXIV. GRIT REACHES BOSTON.

CHAPTER XXXV. CROSS-EXAMINED.

CHAPTER XXXVI. THE BOY DANIEL.

CHAPTER XXXVII. DANIEL CALLS AT THE PARKER HOUSE.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. GRIT MAKES A DISCOVERY.

CHAPTER XXXIX. AN UNPLEASANT INTERVIEW.

CHAPTER XL. COLONEL JOHNSON COMES TO GRIEF.

CHAPTER XLI. CONCLUSION.

Transcriber's Note:

A Table of Contents has been added.

Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.

GRIT

OR

The Young Boatman of Pine Point

BY

HORATIO ALGER, Jr.

author of "the young acrobat," "the store boy," "the
tin box," "tom tracy," "sam's chance," "only an
irish boy," "joe's luck," and forty-nine other
rattling good stories of adventure published
in the Medal Library

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