Produced by David Edwards, David K. Park and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: KATY O'GRADY'S VICTORY.] FRANK HUNTER'S PERIL BY HORATIO ALGER, JR. AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK SERIES," "LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES," "TATTERED TOM SERIES," ETC. PHILADELPHIA HENRY T. COATES & CO. COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY HENRY T. COATES & CO. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. FRANK AND BEN, 5 II. MR. CRAVEN'S COURTSHIP, 15 III. UNWELCOME NEWS, 21 IV. MR. CRAVEN'S FOUR-LEGGED ENEMY, 30 V. MR. CRAVEN'S RETURN, 40 VI. THE DIFFICULTY OF KILLING A DOG, 50 VII. MISS O'GRADY'S VICTORY, 59 VIII. FRANK IS OBSTINATE, 69 IX. A STRANGER APPEARS ON THE SCENE, 79 X. A CONSPIRACY AGAINST FRANK, 84 XI. TRAPPED, 96 XII. TWO BOY FRIENDS, 105 XIII. JONATHAN TARBOX, OF SQUASHBORO', 114 XIV. THE LONDON CLERK, 123 XV. MR. TARBOX IS OBSTINATE, 133 XVI. AN ADVENTURE IN LONDON, 142 XVII. COLONEL SHARPLEY'S RUSE, 152 XVIII. MR. TARBOX AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION, 162 XIX. FRANK ASSERTS HIS RIGHTS, 172 XX. FRANK LEAVES PARIS, 182 XXI. THE HOTEL DU GLACIER, 192 XXII. OVER THE BRINK, 202 XXIII. GIVING THE ALARM, 208 XXIV. SHARPLEY DISSEMBLES, 212 XXV. A USELESS SEARCH, 217 XXVI. MR. TARBOX ON THE TRAIL, 222 XXVII. TARBOX TO THE RESCUE, 232 XXVIII. SAVED AS BY A MIRACLE, 237 XXIX. FRANK'S PEDESTRIAN TOUR, 242 XXX. NEW FRIENDS, 252 XXXI. HOW THE NEWS WENT HOME, 261 XXXII. BEN BRINGS GOOD NEWS, 269 XXXIII. ALPINE EXPLORATIONS OF MR. TARBOX, 279 XXXIV. THE PLOW IS A SUCCESS, 287 XXXV. MR. CRAVEN MEETS WITH UNEXPECTED DIFFICULTIES, 296 XXXVI. SHARPLEY'S RETURN, 306 XXXVII. MRS. CRAVEN'S FIXED IDEA, 315 XXXVIII. RETRIBUTION, 325 FRANK HUNTER'S PERIL. CHAPTER I. FRANK AND BEN. "Is your mother at home, Frank?" asked a soft voice.