ND OTHER STORIES. By LUCY C. LILLIE.
THE COLONEL'S MONEY. By LUCY C. LILLIE.
SILENT PETE; or, The Stowaways. By JAMES OTIS.
RAISING THE "PEARL." By JAMES OTIS.
LEFT BEHIND; or, Ten Days a Newsboy. By JAMES OTIS.
TIM AND TIP; or, The Adventures of a Boy and a Dog. By
JAMES OTIS.
MR. STUBBS'S BROTHER. A Sequel to "Toby Tyler." By JAMES
OTIS.
TOBY TYLER; or, Ten Weeks with a Circus. By JAMES OTIS.
A NEW ROBINSON CRUSOE. By W. L. ALDEN.
THE MORAL PIRATES. By W. L. ALDEN.
THE CRUISE OF THE "GHOST." By W. L. ALDEN.
THE CRUISE OF THE CANOE CLUB. By W. L. ALDEN.
THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY BROWN. Edited by W. L. ALDEN.

PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.

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Copyright 1884, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. PAUL'S INTRODUCTION TO NEW YORK 9

II. STARTING IN BUSINESS 22

III. MAKING ACQUAINTANCES 34

IV. A GREAT ENTERPRISE 48

V. MESSRS. TREAT, JONES, WESTON, AND DOWD 60

VI. THE THEATRICAL ENTERPRISE 73

VII. ARTISTS AND PRINTERS 86

VIII. AN AUTHOR'S TRIALS 99

IX. THE MOMENTOUS OCCASION 111

X. THE FIRST ACT 121

XI. THE EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT 133

XII. A GENEROUS ACT 146

XIII. A JOYFUL MEETING 159

XIV. A DAY'S PLEASURING 172

XV. THE GREAT SURPRISE 185

XVI. IN CONCLUSION 197

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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SHE FED HIM PATIENTLY. _Frontispiece._

HE SHOWED THEM IN PROOF OF THE TRUTHFULNESS
OF HIS STORY. 11

"IF YOU PICK ANY ROW WITH HIM, YOU PICK IT
WITH ME AND JOHNNY." 31

PAUL LOOKED ON AT THESE PREPARATIONS WITH THE
MOST PROFOUND SURPRISE.