BY HORATIO ALGER, JR. AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK," "FAME AND FORTUNE," "MARK, THE MATCH BOY," "ROUGH AND READY," "BEN, THE LUGGAGE BOY," "CAMPAIGN SERIES," "LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES," ETC. PHILADELPHIA: PORTER and COATES. To MY YOUNG FRIENDS, HENRY AND EUGENE, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. NEW PLANS.
CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE IN WAVERLEY PLACE.
CHAPTER III. JAMES MARTIN'S VICISSITUDES.
CHAPTER IV. HOW JAMES MARTIN CAME TO GRIEF.
CHAPTER V. THE LAST EVENING IN FRANKLIN STREET.
CHAPTER VI. A NEW HOME.
CHAPTER VII. A NEW ENTERPRISE.
CHAPTER VIII. THE NEW BOARDING-HOUSE.
CHAPTER IX. AT THE END OF THREE MONTHS.
CHAPTER X. MR. MARTIN AGAIN APPEARS ON THE SCENE.
CHAPTER XI. MR. MARTIN'S WILD-GOOSE CHASE.
CHAPTER XII. MARTIN'S LUCK TURNS.
CHAPTER XIII. MARTIN MAKES A BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT.
CHAPTER XIV. HOW RUFUS SUCCEEDED IN BUSINESS.
CHAPTER XV. THE TIN BOX.
CHAPTER XVI. MR. VANDERPOOL.
CHAPTER XVII. DIVIDING THE SPOILS.
CHAPTER XVIII. RUFUS ENTRAPPED.
CHAPTER XIX. IN A TRAP.
CHAPTER XX. HUMPY.
CHAPTER XXI. SUSPENSE.
CHAPTER XXII. MARTIN GROWS SUSPICIOUS.
CHAPTER XXIII. ESCAPE.
CHAPTER XXIV. HOW RUFUS GOT BACK.
CHAPTER XXV. UNPLEASANT DISCOVERIES.
CHAPTER XXVI. CONCLUSION.
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