Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Brian Janes and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net and and the Booksmiths at http://www.eBookForge.net THE RICH LITTLE POOR BOY ELEANOR GATES [Illustration: WHAT HE SAW THERE HELD HIM SPELLBOUND IN HIS CHAIR] THE RICH LITTLE POOR BOY BY ELEANOR GATES AUTHOR OF "THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL," "THE PLOW-WOMAN," "THE BIOGRAPHY OF A PRAIRIE GIRL," "ALEC LLOYD, COW-PUNCHER," "PIGGIE," ETC. [Illustration] D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK :: MCMXXII :: LONDON COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO F. F. M. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE WICKED GIANT 1 II. PRIDE AND PENALTY 10 III. A FEAST AND AN EXCURSION 17 IV. THE FOUR MILLIONAIRES 24 V. NEW FRIENDS 36 VI. THE DEAREST WISH 52 VII. A SERIOUS STEP 60 VIII. MORE TREASURES 68 IX. ONE-EYE 79 X. THE SURPRISE 93 XI. THE DISCOVERY 108 XII. A PRODIGAL PUFFED UP 117 XIII. CHANGES 122 XIV. THE HEAVEN THAT NEARLY HAPPENED 138 XV. SCOUTS 144 XVI. HOPE DEFERRED 153 XVII. MR. PERKINS 160 XVIII. THE ROOF 172 XIX. A DIFFERENT CIS 183 XX. THE HANDBOOK 190 XXI. THE MEETING 201 XXII. CIS TELLS A SECRET 212 XXIII. ROSES THAT TATTLED 219 XXIV. FATHER PAT 233 XXV. AN ALLY CROSSES A SWORD 241 XXVI. THE END OF A LONG DAY 247 XXVII. ANOTHER GIFT 255 XXVIII. ANOTHER STORY 275 XXIX. REVOLT 290 XXX. DISASTER 300 XXXI. THE VISION 318 XXXII. HELP 330 XXXIII. ONE-EYE FIGHTS 345 XXXIV. SIR ALGERNON 357 XXXV. GOOD-BYS 363 XXXVI. LEFT BEHIND 373 XXXVII. UPS AND DOWNS 379 XXXVIII. ANOTHER GOOD-BY 391 XXXIX. THE LETTER 400 XL. "THE TRUE WAY" 407 THE RICH LITTLE POOR BOY ELEANOR GATES CHAPTER I THE WICKED GIANT