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Title: Chester Rand
or The New Path to Fortune
Author: Horatio Alger, Jr
Release Date: October 20, 2007 [EBook #23108]
Language: English
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[Illustration: CHESTER RAND
HORATIO ALGER Jr.]
CHESTER RAND
OR
THE NEW PATH TO FORTUNE
BY
HORATIO ALGER, Jr.
AUTHOR OF "ANDY GRANT'S PLUCK,"
"SINK OR SWIM," "ADRIFT IN NEW YORK."
NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected
without note. Dialect spellings, contractions and discrepancies have
been retained. The Table of Contents was not contained in the book
and has been created for the convenience of the reader.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. SILAS TRIPP
II. OUT OF WORK
III. A NOTEWORTHY EVENING
IV. A DYING GIFT
V. CHESTER'S FIRST SUCCESS
VI. ROBERT RAMSAY
VII. SILAS TRIPP MAKES A DISCOVERY
VIII. A SCENE IN THE GROCERY STORE
IX. NEW PLANS FOR CHESTER
X. A RAILROAD ACQUAINTANCE
XI. CHESTER'S FIRST EXPERIENCES IN NEW YORK
XII. A REAL ESTATE OFFICE
XIII. MR. MULLINS, THE BOOKKEEPER
XIV. THE TABLES TURNED
XV. A PLOT AGAINST CHESTER
XVI. PROF. HAZLITT AT HOME
XVII. CHESTER TAKES A LESSON IN BOXING
XVIII. DICK RALSTON
XIX. MR. FAIRCHILD LEAVES THE CITY
XX. PAUL PERKINS, OF MINNEAPOLIS
XXI. MR. PERKINS MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE
XXII. DICK RALSTON'S FATHER
XXIII. CHESTER IS DISCHARGED
XXIV. INTRODUCES MR. SHARPLEIGH, THE DETECTIVE
XXV. CHESTER MEETS ANOTHER ARTIST
XXVI. A STRANGER IN NEW YORK
XXVII. MR. TRIPP IS DISAPPOINTED
XXVIII. PROF. NUGENT
XXIX. MR. FAIRCHILD'S TELEGRAM
XXX. THE ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
XXXI. A DAY OF SURPRISES
XXXII. EDWARD GRANGER
XXXIII. A FRIEND FROM OREGON
XXXIV.
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