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Title: Wait and Hope
A Plucky Boy's Luck

Author: Horatio Alger

Release Date: August 30, 2010 [EBook #33591]

Language: English

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the loan of the book

WAIT AND HOPE

or A Plucky Boy's Luck

by Horatio Alger, JR.

New York Book Company

Copyright 1909

Table of Contents

I - Ben and His Aunt
II - Three Situations
III - At Lovell's Grounds
IV - The Boys' Race
V - Ben Wins Again
VI - Mr. Dobson's Visit
VII - Ben Gets Employment
VIII - Deacon Sawyer's Liberality
IX - Mr. Manning's Proposal
X - Ben's Journey
XI - In New York
XII - An Adventure
XIII - A Curious Old Lady
XIV - Prof. Crane, The Phrenologist
XV - An Old Convert to Phrenology
XVI - Ben's Loss
XVII - The Strange Captor
XVIII - The Envelope
XIX - The Prize for Scholarship
XX - Before the Battle
XXI - Ben Wins at School
XXII - Sam's Revenge
XXIII - The Decoy Letter
XXIV - Ben Arrives in Boston
XXV - Sam Gives Himself Away
XXVI - Ben Finds a Boarding-Place
XXVII - Sam Attempts Strategy
XXVIII - Sam Praises Ben
XXIX - The Cunard Steamer
XXX - Sam Is Improved By Adversity
XXXI - Clouds in the Sky
XXXII - The Blow Falls
XXXIII - Ben Receives a Commission
XXXIV - Solomon Brief
XXXV - John Tremlett
XXXVI - A Surprising Discovery
XXXVII - The Dead Alive
XXXVIII - Conclusion

Chapter I

Ben and His Aunt

Five o'clock sounded from the church clock, and straightway the
streets of Milltown were filled with men, women, and children
issuing from the great brick factories huddled together at one
end of the town. Among these, two boys waked in company, James
Watson and Ben Bradford. They were very nearly of an age, James
having just passed his fifteenth birthday, and Ben having nearly
attained it.

Both boys looked sober. Why, will appear from their
conver