A STORY OF AMERICAN LIFE.
By Horatio Alger
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCES THE CRUMPS.
CHAPTER II. THE EVENTS OF AN EVENING.
CHAPTER III. THE LANDLORD'S VISIT.
CHAPTER IV. THE NEW YEAR'S PRESENT.
CHAPTER V. A LUCKY RESCUE.
CHAPTER VI. WHAT THE ENVELOPE CONTAINED.
CHAPTER VII. EIGHT YEARS. IDA'S PROGRESS.
CHAPTER VIII. A STRANGE VISITOR.
CHAPTER IX. A JOURNEY.
CHAPTER X. UNEXPECTED QUARTERS.
CHAPTER XI. SUSPENSE.
CHAPTER XII. HOW IDA FARED.
CHAPTER XIII. BAD COIN.
CHAPTER XIV. DOUBTS AND FEARS.
CHAPTER XV. AUNT RACHEL'S MISHAPS.
CHAPTER XVI. THE FLOWER-GIRL.
CHAPTER XVII. JACK OBTAINS INFORMATION.
CHAPTER XVIII. FINESSE.
CHAPTER XIX. CAUGHT IN A TRAP.
CHAPTER XX. JACK IN CONFINEMENT.
CHAPTER XXI. THE PRISONER ESCAPES.
CHAPTER XXII. MR. JOHN SOMERVILLE.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE LAW STEPS IN.
CHAPTER XXIV. "THE FLOWER-GIRL."
CHAPTER XXV. IDA IS FOUND.
CHAPTER XXVI. "NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND."
CHAPTER XXVII. CONCLUSION.
