By Horatio Alger, Jr. CONTENTS I. A NEW ARRIVAL IN LAKEVILLE. 3 II. UNCLE JACOB'S RECEPTION. 10 III. A VISIT TO THE FACTORY. 16 IV. UNCLE JACOB'S STARTLING REVELATION. 23 V. UNCLE JACOB RECEIVES HIS WALKING PAPERS. 31 VI SQUIRE MARLOWE IS SURPRISED. 39 VII. UNCLE JACOB LEAVES LAKEVILLE. 46 VIII. DISCHARGED. 54 IX. MRS. BARTON'S SECRET. 61 X. STOLEN MONEY. 69 XI. THE TWENTY-DOLLAR BILL. 77 XII. MR. JONES IS EXCITED. 84 XIII. PERCY GETS RID OF THE BILL. 88 XIV. BERT STANDS TRIAL. 92 XV. BERT'S TRIUMPHANT VINDICATION. 100 XVI. WHAT BECAME OF THE STOLEN NOTE. 108 XVII. AFTER THE TRIAL. 116 XVIII. BERT OBTAINS WORK. 123 XIX. BERT'S EXPERIENCE AS A FARMER'S BOY. 131 XX. BERT IS PLACED IN AN EMBARRASSING POSITION. 138 XXI. THE MIDNIGHT VISIT TO THE PANTRY. 146 XXII. A PANIC AT FARMER WILSON'S. 154 XXIII. BERT FORMS A RESOLUTION. 161 XXIV. THE OFFICE OF THE MAGNET MINE. 169 XXV. AN ADVERTISEMENT AND WHAT CAME OF IT. 176 XXVI. BERT SECURES BOARD IN HARRISBURG. 183 XXVII. A BOARDING-HOUSE IN HARRISBURG. 191 XXVIII. BERT'S FIRST APPEARANCE ON ANY STAGE. 199 XXIX. BERT SECURES A BOX OF MR. HARDING'S PAPERS. 207 XXX. BERT OBTAINS AN IMPORTANT CLEW. 213 XXXI. SQUIRE MARLOWE IS SURPRISED. 220 XXXII. HIRAM FRENCH, OF CHICAGO. 228 XXXIII. A LATE ARRIVAL AT MRS. BARTON'S COTTAGE. 235 XXXIV. BERT INTERVIEWS HARDING'S SISTER. 243 XXXV. SUCCESS COMES STRANGELY. 250 XXXVI. RALPH HARDING IS FOUND. 258 XXXVII. ALBERT MARLOWE MEETS HIS VICTIM. 266 XXXVIII. MR. BARTON DEFIES THE SQUIRE. 271 XXXIX. CONCLUSION. 276

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