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Title: Young Wallingford

Author: George Randolph Chester

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Language: English

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YOUNG WALLINGFORD

by

GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER

Author of
The Early Bird
The Making of Bobby Burnit

With Illustrations by F. R. Gruger & Henry Raleigh

Indianapolis
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Publishers

Copyright 1910
The Bobbs-Merrill Company

Press of
Braunworth & Co.
Bookbinders and Printers
Brooklyn, N. Y.

[Illustration: Fannie]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I WIX BEGINS TO THINK 1

II EASY MONEY 12

III YOUNG WIX TAKES A HAND 25

IV THE EASIEST WAY 38

V WIX DISAPPEARS FOREVER 52

VI A SAD DISAPPOINTMENT 61

VII A GREEN-GOODS PLAYLET 72

VIII THE DOUBLE CROSS 86

IX SPOILING THE EGYPTIANS 101

X EATING CAKE AND HAVING IT 111

XI A BRIEF CHARACTER BIT 126

XII WALLINGFORD IS FROZEN OUT