E-text prepared by David Edwards, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 59904-h.htm or 59904-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59904/pg59904-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/59904/59904-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/tonyheroorbraveb00alge Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by plus signs is in bold face (+bold+). [Illustration: Tony set to work with rapid hands to tie the prostrate tramp hand and foot.--(See page 73.)] TONY, THE HERO; --Or,-- A Brave Boy's Adventures With a Tramp. BY HORATIO ALGER, JR., Author of "Tom, the Bootblack;" "Joe's Luck;" "Frank Fowler, the Cash Boy;" "Tom Temple's Career;" "Tom Thatcher's Fortune;" "The Errand Boy," etc., etc. Illustrated. [Illustration: Logo] New York. A. L. Burt, Publisher. Copyright 1890, by A. L. Burt. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. THE TWO WANDERERS. 7 II. THE FARM-HOUSE. 14 III. RUDOLPH'S DISAPPOINTMENT. 20 IV. SETTING A TRAP. 26 V. AN ATTEMPT AT BURGLARY. 33 VI. ABNER'S RUSE. 37 VII. A STRANGE HOTEL. 47 VIII. TONY HIRES OUT AS A COOK AND HOUSEKEEPER. 54 IX. THE FACE AT THE WINDOW. 61 X. THE TRAMP'S UNEXPECTED DEFEAT. 68 XI. THE PRISONER. 74 XII. TONY STARTS OUT ONCE MORE. 81 XIII. TONY GETS A PLACE. 88 XIV. TONY'S RIVAL. 92 XV. THE BOYS' DUEL. 96 XVI. RUDOLPH ESCAPES AND SEES AN ADVERTISEMENT. 103 XVII. THE LADY AT THE ST. NICHOLAS. 110 XVIII. TWO CONSPIRATORS. 116 XIX. THE WICKED COMPACT. 123 XX. THE FIGHTING QUAKER. 130 XXI. RUDOLPH HEARS OF TONY. 134 XXII. RUDOLPH FINDS TONY. 137 XXIII. THE NEGLECTED WELL. 142 XXIV. THE DEED IS DONE. 145 XXV. "I HOLD YOU TO THE BOND." 152 XXVI. TONY'S ESCAPE. 159 XXVII. TONY IS DISCHARGED. 166 XXVIII.