By Horatio Alger, Jr. CONTENTS BERNARD BROOKS' ADVENTURES CHAPTER I BERNARD BROOKS CHAPTER II BERNARD'S BOLDNESS CHAPTER III BROUGHT TO BAY CHAPTER IV A ROAD SIDE ACQUAINTANCE CHAPTER V MR. PENROSE'S SECRET CHAPTER VI BERNARD'S DANGER CHAPTER VII AN UNEXPECTED CHAMPION CHAPTER VIII THE CONSPIRATORS ARE FOILED CHAPTER IX ON THE HUDSON RIVER BOAT CHAPTER X HATCH, DETECTIVE CHAPTER XI MR. SNOWDON LOSES HIS PUPIL CHAPTER XII BERNARD MEETS A FRIEND OF HIS FATHER CHAPTER XIII PROFESSOR PUFFER CHAPTER XIV SOME OF THE PASSENGERS CHAPTER XV JACK STAPLES CHAPTER XVI A SCRAP OF PAPER CHAPTER XVII BERNARD'S PERIL CHAPTER XVIII THE EVENTS OF A NIGHT CHAPTER XIX PROFESSOR PUFFERS DISCOMFITURE CHAPTER XX A LOST CLUE CHAPTER XXI A DAY IN LONDON CHAPTER XXII DICK THE BOOTBLACK CHAPTER XXIII AN APARTMENT AT MORLEY'S HOTEL. CHAPTER XXIV PROFESSOR PUFFER FROM HIS OWN POINT OF VIEW CHAPTER XXV BERNARD'S GOOD FORTUNE CHAPTER XXVI PROFESSOR PUFFER ONCE MORE CHAPTER XXVII A CITIZEN OF NEBRASKA CHAPTER XXVIII ITALY SEEN THROUGH AMERICAN SPECTACLES CHAPTER XXIX CAPTURED BY BANDITTI CHAPTER XXX IN A TRAP CHAPTER XXXI WALTER CUNNINGHAM'S MISSION CHAPTER XXXII SUSPENSE CHAPTER XXXIII RESCUED CHAPTER XXXIV NAT BARCLAY'S LETTER CHAPTER XXXV PROFESSOR PUFFER'S DECLINE AND FALL CHAPTER XXXVI PROFESSOR PUFFER BECOMES AN ALLY. CHAPTER XXXVII A BAD DAY FOR MR. MCCRACKEN CHAPTER XXXVIII CONCLUSION

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