MARK MASON'S VICTORY THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF A TELEGRAPH BOY By Horatio Alger, Jr. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I Two Strangers from Syracuse 1 II Where Mark Lived 10 III An Unexpected Call 17 IV A Night at Daly's 25 V Mark as a Hero 34 VI "The Evening Globe" 42 VII The Great Mr. Bunsby 50 VIII A Scene in Mrs. Mack's Room 57 IX An Adventure in a Fifth Avenue Stage 65 X An Important Commission 74 XI Mr. Hamilton Schuyler is Astonished 78 XII Mr. Schuyler has a Bad Time 90 XIII Mark Starts on a Journey 99 XIV The Telltale Memorandum 108 XV A Railroad Incident 116 XVI Mark as a Detective 124 XVII Mark Makes a Call on Euclid Avenue 132 XVIII A Midnight Visit 140 XIX At Niagara Falls 149 XX A Newspaper Paragraph 157 XXI Mark Returns Home 165 XXII A Crafty Schemer 178 XXIII Mark's Good Luck 182 XXIV The Two Sisters Meet 190 XXV Maud Gilbert's Party 199 XXVI An Important Commission 207 XXVII Last Instructions 215 XXVIII Mark at Omaha 219 XXIX Nahum Sprague and his Orphan Ward 223 XXX A Circus in Mr. Sprague's Yard 229 XXXI Philip Finds a Friend 239 XXXII Nahum Sprague's Surprise 247 XXXIII A Change for Philip 255 XXXIV On the Way Home 264 XXXV Edgar Gets into Trouble 272 XXXVI At the Fifth Avenue Hotel 281 XXXVII Solon Talbot's Plans 290 XXXVIII The Mining Stock is Sold 299 XXXIX Conclusion 302 BERNARD BROOKS’ ADVENTURES The Experience of a Plucky Boy By Horatio Alger, Jr. CONTENTS BERNARD BROOKS’ ADVENTURES CHAPTER I BERNARD BROOKS CHAPTER II BERNARD’S BOLDNESS CHAPTER III BROUGHT TO BAY CHAPTER IV A ROAD SIDE ACQUAINTANCE CHAPTER V MR. PENROSE’S SECRET CHAPTER VI BERNARD’S DANGER CHAPTER VII AN UNEXPECTED CHAMPION CHAPTER VIII THE CONSPIRATORS ARE FOILED CHAPTER IX ON THE HUDSON RIVER BOAT CHAPTER X HATCH, DETECTIVE CHAPTER XI MR. SNOWDON LOSES HIS PUPIL CHAPTER XII BERNARD MEETS A FRIEND OF HIS FATHER CHAPTER XIII PROFESSOR PUFFER CHAPTER XIV SOME OF THE PASSENGERS CHAPTER XV JACK STAPLES CHAPTER XVI A SCRAP OF PAPER CHAPTER XVII BERNARD’S PERIL CHAPTER XVIII THE EVENTS OF A NIGHT CHAPTER XIX PROFESSOR PUFFERS DISCOMFITURE CHAPTER XX A LOST CLUE CHAPTER XXI A DAY IN LONDON CHAPTER XXII DICK THE BOOTBLACK CHAPTER XXIII AN APARTMENT AT MORLEY’S HOTEL. CHAPTER XXIV PROFESSOR PUFFER FROM HIS OWN POINT OF VIEW CHAPTER XXV BERNARD’S GOOD FORTUNE CHAPTER XXVI PROFESSOR PUFFER ONCE MORE CHAPTER XXVII A CITIZEN OF NEBRASKA CHAPTER XXVIII ITALY SEEN THROUGH AMERICAN SPECTACLES CHAPTER XXIX CAPTURED BY BANDITTI CHAPTER XXX IN A TRAP CHAPTER XXXI WALTER CUNNINGHAM’S MISSION CHAPTER XXXII SUSPENSE CHAPTER XXXIII RESCUED CHAPTER XXXIV NAT BARCLAY’S LETTER CHAPTER XXXV PROFESSOR PUFFER’S DECLINE AND FALL CHAPTER XXXVI PROFESSOR PUFFER BECOMES AN ALLY. CHAPTER XXXVII A BAD DAY FOR MR. MCCRACKEN CHAPTER XXXVIII CONCLUSION