CONTENTS SILAS TRIPP OUT OF WORK A NOTEWORTHY EVENING A DYING GIFT CHESTER'S FIRST SUCCESS ROBERT RAMSAY SILAS TRIPP MAKES A DISCOVERY A SCENE IN THE GROCERY STORE NEW PLANS FOR CHESTER A RAILROAD ACQUAINTANCE CHESTER'S FIRST EXPERIENCES IN NEW YORK A REAL ESTATE OFFICE MR. MULLINS, THE BOOKKEEPER THE TABLES TURNED A PLOT AGAINST CHESTER PROF. HAZLITT AT HOME CHESTER TAKES A LESSON IN BOXING DICK RALSTON MR. FAIRCHILD LEAVES THE CITY PAUL PERKINS, OF MINNEAPOLIS MR. PERKINS MAKES AN ACQUAINTANCE DICK RALSTON'S FATHER CHESTER IS DISCHARGED INTRODUCES MR. SHARPLEIGH, THE DETECTIVE CHESTER MEETS ANOTHER ARTIST A STRANGER IN NEW YORK MR. TRIPP IS DISAPPOINTED PROF. NUGENT MR. FAIRCHILD'S TELEGRAM THE ATTEMPTED ROBBERY A DAY OF SURPRISES EDWARD GRANGER A FRIEND FROM OREGON AFTER A YEAR PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY A GREAT SURPRISE DAVID MULLINS AGAIN ABNER TRIMBLE'S PLOT MAKING A WILL AN UNEXPECTED SURPRISE CONCLUSION THE YOUNG BANK MESSENGER By Horatio Alger, Jr. CONTENTS I. THE LONELY CABIN, 1 II. A DEATHBED REVELATION, 10 III. A SUCCESSFUL ROBBERY, 19 IV. ALONE IN THE WORLD, 27 V. THE TRAMP TURNS UP AGAIN, 36 VI. A CRITICAL SITUATION, 44 VII. ON THE ROAD, 53 VIII. THE QUAKER DETECTIVE, 61 IX. AN ARMED ESCORT, 71 X. THE ASTONISHED OUTLAW, 77 XI. UNDER WATCH AND WARD, 88 XII. THE OUTLAW'S ESCAPE, 97 XIII. THE OUTLAW'S MISTAKE, 106 XIV. ERNEST HAS AN ADVENTURE, 115 XV. A NEW ACQUAINTANCE, 124 XVI. THE OUTLAW'S HOME, 133 XVII. IN THE ROBBER'S CAVE, 142 XVIII. THE OUTLAW AND HIS BAND, 153 XIX. A DAY IN THE CAVE, 159 XX. ERNEST EXPLORES THE CAVE, 168 XXI. OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN INTO THE FIRE, 178 XXII. A FRIEND IN NEED, 187 XXIII. GIVEN IN TRUST, 196 XXIV. STEPHEN RAY AND HIS SON, 206 XXV. A STARTLING DISCLOSURE, 216 XXVI. BOUGHT OFF, 228 XXVII. THE TOWN OF OREVILLE, 236 XXVIII. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE TURNS UP, 246 XXIX. TOM BURNS MAKES A CALL, 256 XXX. A BURGLAR'S FAILURE, 266 XXXI. THE ADVERTISEMENT, 276 XXXII. MR. BOLTON AS A HUSTLER, 285 XXXIII. THE RESULT OF AN ADVERTISEMENT, 295 XXXIV. A STRANGE MEETING, 301 XXXV. MR. BOLTON AND HIS CLIENT, 309 XXXVI. AN IMPORTANT INTERVIEW, 314 XXXVII. CONCLUSION, 320