CONTENTS CHAPTER I BEN BARCLAY MEETS A TRAMP CHAPTER II BEN AND HIS MOTHER CHAPTER III MRS. BARCLAY'S CALLERS CHAPTER IV UNPLEASANT BUSINESS CHAPTER V PROFESSOR HARRINGTON'S ENTERTAINMENT CHAPTER VI TWO YOUNG RIVALS CHAPTER VII THE TRAMP MAKES ANOTHER CALL CHAPTER VIII SQUIRE DAVENPORT'S FINANCIAL OPERATION CHAPTER IX A PROSPECT OF TROUBLE CHAPTER X BEN GOES TO NEW YORK CHAPTER XI THE MADISON AVENUE STAGE CHAPTER XII BEN'S LUCK CHAPTER XIII A STARTLING EVENT CHAPTER XIV BEN SHOWS HIMSELF A HERO CHAPTER XV BEN LOSES HIS PLACE CHAPTER XVI BEN FINDS TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT CHAPTER XVII WHAT THE LETTER CONTAINED CHAPTER XVIII FAREWELL TO PENTONVILLE CHAPTER XIX A COOL RECEPTION CHAPTER XX ENTERING UPON HIS DUTIES CHAPTER XXI AT THE THEATER CHAPTER XXII A MYSTERIOUS LETTER CHAPTER XXIII BEN'S VISIT TO THIRTY-FIRST STREET CHAPTER XXIV BEN ON TRIAL CHAPTER XXV CONRAD TAKES A BOLD STEP CHAPTER XXVI MR. LYNX, THE DETECTIVE CHAPTER XXVII THE TELLTALE TICKET CHAPTER XXVIII MRS. HILL'S MALICE CHAPTER XXIX SOME UNEXPECTED CHANGES CHAPTER XXX BEN "GOES WEST" CHAPTER XXXI MR. JACKSON RECEIVES A CALL CHAPTER XXXII BEN SELLS THE FARM CHAPTER XXXIII GOOD NEWS CHAPTER XXXIV CONRAD GOES INTO WALL STREET CHAPTER XXXV TURNING THE TABLES CHAPTER XXXVI A LETTER FROM ROSE GARDINER CHAPTER XXXVII BEN'S VISIT TO PENTONVILLE CHAPTER XXXVIII CONCLUSION JACK'S WARD OR THE BOY GUARDIAN By Horatio Alger, Jr. CONTENTS BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY CHAPTER I JACK HARDING GETS A JOB CHAPTER II THE EVENTS OF AN EVENING CHAPTER III JACK'S NEW PLAN CHAPTER IV MRS. HARDING TAKES A BOARDER CHAPTER V THE CAPTAIN'S DEPARTURE CHAPTER VI THE LANDLORD'S VISIT CHAPTER VII THE NEW YEAR'S GIFT CHAPTER VIII A LUCKY RESCUE CHAPTER IX WHAT THE ENVELOPE CONTAINED CHAPTER X JACK'S MISCHIEF CHAPTER XI MISS HARDING'S MISTAKE CHAPTER XII SEVEN YEARS CHAPTER XIII A MYSTERIOUS VISITOR CHAPTER XIV PREPARING FOR A JOURNEY CHAPTER XV THE JOURNEY CHAPTER XVI UNEXPECTED QUARTERS CHAPTER XVII SUSPENSE CHAPTER XVIII HOW IDA FARED CHAPTER XIX BAD MONEY CHAPTER XX DOUBTS AND FEARS CHAPTER XXI AUNT RACHEL'S MISHAPS CHAPTER XXII THE FLOWER GIRL CHAPTER XXIII JACK OBTAINS INFORMATION CHAPTER XXIV JACK'S DISCOVERY CHAPTER XXV CAUGHT IN A TRAP CHAPTER XXVI DR. ROBINSON CHAPTER XXVII JACK BEGINS TO REALIZE HIS SITUATION CHAPTER XXVIII THE SECRET STAIRCASE CHAPTER XXIX JACK IS DETECTED CHAPTER XXX JACK'S TRIUMPH CHAPTER XXXI MR. JOHN SOMERVILLE CHAPTER XXXII A PROVIDENTIAL MEETING CHAPTER XXXIII IDA IS FOUND CHAPTER XXXIV NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND CHAPTER XXXV JACK'S RETURN CHAPTER XXXVI CONCLUSION ONLY AN IRISH BOY Or, Andy Burke's Fortunes by Horatio Alger, Jr.