By Horatio Alger, Jr. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Two Strangers from Syracuse 1 II Where Mark Lived 10 III An Unexpected Call 17 IV A Night at Daly's 25 V Mark as a Hero 34 VI "The Evening Globe" 42 VII The Great Mr. Bunsby 50 VIII A Scene in Mrs. Mack's Room 57 IX An Adventure in a Fifth Avenue Stage 65 X An Important Commission 74 XI Mr. Hamilton Schuyler is Astonished 78 XII Mr. Schuyler has a Bad Time 90 XIII Mark Starts on a Journey 99 XIV The Telltale Memorandum 108 XV A Railroad Incident 116 XVI Mark as a Detective 124 XVII Mark Makes a Call on Euclid Avenue 132 XVIII A Midnight Visit 140 XIX At Niagara Falls 149 XX A Newspaper Paragraph 157 XXI Mark Returns Home 165 XXII A Crafty Schemer 178 XXIII Mark's Good Luck 182 XXIV The Two Sisters Meet 190 XXV Maud Gilbert's Party 199 XXVI An Important Commission 207 XXVII Last Instructions 215 XXVIII Mark at Omaha 219 XXIX Nahum Sprague and his Orphan Ward 223 XXX A Circus in Mr. Sprague's Yard 229 XXXI Philip Finds a Friend 239 XXXII Nahum Sprague's Surprise 247 XXXIII A Change for Philip 255 XXXIV On the Way Home 264 XXXV Edgar Gets into Trouble 272 XXXVI

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BERNARD BROOKS’ ADVENTURES

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