PREFACE. CHAPTER I. A YOUNG CARPET-BAGGER. CHAPTER II. DICK RAFFERTY. CHAPTER III. FRANK FINDS AN EMPLOYER. CHAPTER IV. "PITY THE BLIND." CHAPTER V. FRANK THROWS UP HIS SITUATION. CHAPTER VI. FRANK GETS A JOB. CHAPTER VII. AN INVITATION TO DINNER. CHAPTER VIII. A NEWSBOY'S EXPERIENCES. CHAPTER IX. VICTOR DUPONT. CHAPTER X. A NEW PROSPECT. CHAPTER XI. THE TELEGRAPH BOY. CHAPTER XII. A WAYWARD SON. CHAPTER XIII. A TIMELY RESCUE. CHAPTER XIV. FRANK MAKES AN EVENING CALL. CHAPTER XV. AT WALLACK'S THEATRE. CHAPTER XVI. FRANK AS A DETECTIVE. CHAPTER XVII. FRANK MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE. CHAPTER XVIII. A RICH WOMAN'S SORROW. CHAPTER XIX. A MESSENGER OF GOOD TIDINGS. CHAPTER XX. A NEW JOB, AND A LETTER FROM HOME. CHAPTER XXI. FRANK'S FIRST DISCOVERY. CHAPTER XXII. FOLLOWING UP A CLUE. CHAPTER XXIII. BROUGHT TO BAY. CHAPTER XXIV. AN OPEN ENEMY. CHAPTER XXV. WHAT THE OLD TRUNK CONTAINED. CHAPTER XXVI. A TRAP, AND WHO FELL INTO IT. CHAPTER XXVII. FRANK BECOMES A GOOD SAMARITAN. CHAPTER XXVIII. A COUNTRY COUSIN. CHAPTER XXIX. CONCLUSION. FAMOUS ALGER BOOKS. THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.'S POPULAR JUVENILES