[Illustration: HE TOOK HIM IN HIS ARMS] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAKING HIS MARK -------------- BY HORATIO ALGER, JR. Author of "The Odds Against Him," "The Young Boatman," etc. -------------- ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT L. MASON [Illustration: publisher's logo] THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA MCMIII ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COPYRIGHT 1901 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS -------------- I AN UNPLEASANT TALK II MR. TUBBS, THE GROCER III MRS. LANE'S DISAPPOINTMENT IV THE LOST LETTER V ABEL ARRIVES IN PORTVILLE VI THE SON AND HEIR VII A PLEBEIAN RELATIVE VIII A COLD RECEPTION IX A LUCKY RESCUE X GERALD FINDS A SYMPATHIZING FRIEND XI THE BURGLAR'S DEFEAT XII A GROCER'S CLERK XIII AN ARTFUL TRICK XIV A CRISIS XV A STRANGE PROPOSAL XVI MRS. LANE'S SURPRISE XVII GERALD LEAVES PORTVILLE XVIII A NEW ACQUAINTANCE XIX A BOLD ROBBERY XX A LETTER FROM PORTVILLE XXI A MINING SETTLEMENT IN MONTANA XXII THE TABLES ARE TURNED XXIII NEW ARRANGEMENTS XXIV A NEW HOME XXV A PERILOUS RIDE XXVI SAUL GRIDLEY SEEKS REVENGE XXVII SAUL GRIDLEY'S UNPLEASANT SURPRISE XXVIII A TRIP ON HORSEBACK XXIX NERO XXX THE CIRCUS XXXI RANSOM XXXII IMPRISONED XXXIII RESCUED XXXIV A DEED OF GIFT XXXV JOHN GRAVES REAPPEARS XXXVI MRS. LANE'S DISCOMFITURE XXXVII CONCLUSION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MAKING HIS MARK CHAPTER I AN UNPLEASANT TALK GERALD LANE rose from the breakfast table and was about to leave the room, when his stepmother addressed him: "Stop a minute, Gerald, I have something to say to you."