By Horatio Alger, Jr. Alger Series For Boys. {About 50 Titles} Uniform With This Volume. TO The Boys Whose Memory Goes Back With Me To The Boarding School At Potowome This Volume Is Affectionately Dedicated By The Author.

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CONTENTS

PREFACE
PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGE

I. -- SQUIRE NEWCOME.

II. -- PAUL PRESCOTT'S HOME.

III. -- PAUL'S BRILLIANT PROSPECTS.

IV. -- LIFE IN A NEW PHASE.

V. -- A CRISIS.

VI. -- PAUL'S DETERMINATION

VII. -- PAUL BEGINS HIS JOURNEY.

VIII. -- A FRIEND IN NEED.

IX. -- A CLOUD IN THE MUDGE HORIZON.

X. -- MR. MUDGE MEETS HIS MATCH.

XI. -- WAYSIDE GOSSIP.

XII. -- ON THE BRINK OF DISCOVERY.

XIII. -- PAUL REACHES THE CITY.

XIV. -- A STRANGE BED-CHAMBER.

XV. -- A TURN OF FORTUNE.

XVI. -- YOUNG STUPID.

XVII. -- BEN'S PRACTICAL JOKE.

XVIII. -- MORE ABOUT BEN.

XIX. -- MRS. MUDGE'S DISCOMFITURE.

XX. -- PAUL OBTAINS A SITUATION.

XXI. -- SMITH AND THOMPSON'S YOUNG MAN.

XXII. -- MR. BENTON'S ADVENTURE.

XXIII. -- PAUL LOSES HIS SITUATION AND GAINS A FRIEND.

XXIV. -- PAUL CALLS ON MRS. DANFORTH.

XXV. -- AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.

XXVI. -- A VULGAR RELATION.

XXVII. -- MR. MUDGE'S FRIGHT.

XXVIII. -- HOW BEN GOT HOME.

XXIX. -- DAWKINS IN DIFFICULTIES.

XXX. -- A TRAP IS LAID FOR PAUL.

XXXI. -- CONVICTED OF THEFT.

XXXII. -- RIGHT TRIUMPHANT.

XXXIII. -- PAUL REDEEMS HIS PLEDGE.

XXXIV. -- HOW PAUL GOES BACK TO WRENVILLE.

XXXV. -- CONCLUSION.

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