errible Fear 102
XIV Bob Outwits the Old Fence 108
XV Bob and Herbert Meet 113
XVI The Old Fence in a Trap 120
XVII Bob Goes for an Officer 126
XVIII Tom Flannery is Hungry 133
XIX The Rivals at the Bank 138
XX Felix Mortimer Discomfited 142
XXI Two Young Capitalists 154
XXII The Great Banquet 161
XXIII Bob Hunter's Ambition 178
XXIV A Visit to the Banker's House 182
XXV Tom Flannery's Sickness 191
XXVI A Crash in Wall Street 196
XXVII Dark Days 201
XXVIII In Business for Himself 210
XXIX Tom Flannery's Funeral 218
XXX In a New Home 224
XXXI The Boy Broker 228
XXXII The Conspirators' Fate 233
XXXIII A Glimpse at the Future 236

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

_Herbert Randolph emerges from the cellar in which he
has been kept a prisoner_, _Frontispiece_.

_The Great City_, _Page_ 10

_"You evidently know all about propriety, so here is
my hand," said Herbert_, " 13

_Herbert Randolph in the Post Office_, " 17

_Memories of country life--The greeting by the way_, " 23

_The benevolent old gentleman presses money on the
country boy_, " 27

_The country boy finds a well filled pocket book_, " 29

_The country boy to the rescue_, " 31

_At the Boss Tweed Restaurant_, " 33

_A Glimpse of Wall Street_, " 35

_Herbert Randolph finds himself among a mob of rival
applicants_, " 37

_Gunwagner and Felix agree upon a plan_, " 48

_Young Randolph handed Ray into the carriage with
just enough embarrassment in his manner to interest
her_, " 51

_Bob Hunter, alone in his room, wonders what has
become of his new friend_, " 59

_Tom Flannery_, " 64

_Bob Hunter sp