Ramsdell and Dean were convicted of the assault on George, and sentence
of two years in the State prison pronounced against them, the charge of
stealing the team still hanging over their heads, in case George wants
to press it when their term of imprisonment has ended, which is not
probable.
While Ralph was finishing his collegiate course, Bob worked at the new
well, and when it was opened, he telegraphed to Ralph:
"New well just shot. Another victory for the moonlighter, for it
is not more than two hundred barrels less than the other."
And Ralph replied:
"I claim the right to name it. It shall be called 'The
Moonlighter.'"
When Ralph graduated, he owned a quarter of three good, paying wells,
and Bob has now an idea that it will pay to open another some distance
away, where he has been prospecting for the past month.
Mr. and Mrs. Simpson still live on the old farm, and George, Ralph and
Bob live with them; but a new house has been built by the side of the
old one, for the old couple would not consent that their first home
should be torn down, and at any time that the readers visit that section
of the country, they should not fail to look at "The Harnett," which
still flows as it did during Ralph Gurney's vacation.
THE END.
A. L. Burt's Catalogue of Books for Young People by Popular Writers,
52-58 Duane Street, New York
* * * * *
BOOKS FOR BOYS.
=Joe's Luck:= A Boy's Adventures in California. By HORATIO
ALGER, JR. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
The story is chock full of stirring incidents, while the amusing
situations are furnished by Joshua Bickford, from Pumpkin
Hollow, and the fellow who modestly styles himself the "Rip-tail
Roarer, from Pike Co., Missouri." Mr. Alger never writes a poor
book, and "Joe's Luck" is certainly one of his best.
=Tom the Bootblack;= or, The Road to Success. By HORATIO ALGER,
JR. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
A bright, enterprising lad was Tom the Bootblack. He was not at
all ashamed of his humble calling, though always on the lookout
to better himself. The lad started for Cincinnati to look up his
heritage. Mr. Grey, the uncle, did not hesitate to employ a
ruffian to kill the lad. The plan failed, and Gilbert Grey, once
Tom the bootblack, came into a comfortable fortune. This is one
of Mr. Alger's best stories.
=Dan the Newsboy.= By HORATIO ALGER, JR. 12mo, cloth,
illustrated, price $1.00.
Dan Mordaunt and his mother live in a poor tenement, and the lad
is pluckily trying to make ends meet by selling papers in the
streets of New York. A little heiress of six years is confided to
the care of the Mordaunts. The child is kidnapped and Dan tracks
the child to the house where she is hidden, and rescues her. The
wealthy aunt of the little heiress is so delighted with Dan's
courage and many good qualities that she adopts him as her heir.
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