RAGGED DICK SERIES

FAME AND FORTUNE;

OR,

THE PROGRESS OF RICHARD HUNTER.

BY HORATIO ALGER, Jr.

AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK," "FRANK'S CAMPAIGN," "PAUL PRESCOTT'S CHARGE," "CHARLIE CODMAN'S CRUISE," ETC.

LORING, Publisher.
Cor. Bromfield and Washington Streets.
BOSTON.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by A. K. LORING, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

To
MY FATHER,
FROM WHOM I HAVE NEVER FAILED TO RECEIVE
LITERARY SYMPATHY AND ENCOURAGEMENT,
This Volume
IS DEDICATED.

CONTENTS

PREFACE
CHAPTER I. A BOARDING-HOUSE IN BLEECKER STREET.
CHAPTER II. INTRODUCTION TO MERCANTILE LIFE.
CHAPTER III. AT THE POST-OFFICE.
CHAPTER IV. LIFE AT THE BOARDING-HOUSE.
CHAPTER V. DICK RECEIVES TWO VALUABLE PRESENTS.
CHAPTER VI. MR. GILBERT IS ASTONISHED.
CHAPTER VII. A FINANCIAL DISCUSSION.
CHAPTER VIII. NEW PLANS.
CHAPTER IX. ROSWELL CRAWFORD AT HOME.
CHAPTER X. A STORE ON SIXTH AVENUE.
CHAPTER XI. A NEW ALLIANCE.
CHAPTER XII. DICK FALLS INTO A TRAP.
CHAPTER XIII. DICK IN THE STATION-HOUSE.
CHAPTER XIV. MICKY MAGUIRE'S DISAPPOINTMENT.
CHAPTER XV. THE FRANKLIN STREET STATION-HOUSE.
CHAPTER XVI. ROSWELL CRAWFORD RETIRES FROM BUSINESS.
CHAPTER XVII. DICK'S ACQUITTAL.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE CUP AND THE LIP.
CHAPTER XIX. ANOTHER ARREST.
CHAPTER XX. BEFORE THE PARTY.
CHAPTER XXI. IDA GREYSON'S PARTY.
CHAPTER XXII. MICKY MAGUIRE RETURNS FROM THE ISLAND.
CHAPTER XXIII. FAME AND FORTUNE.

OTHER BOOKS BY HORATIO ALGER, Jr.

PREFACE.

"Fame and Fortune," like its predecessor, "Ragged Dick," was contributed as a serial story to the "Schoolmate," a popular juvenile magazine published in Boston. The generous commendations of the first volume by the Press, and by private correspondents whose position makes their approval of value, have confirmed the author in his purpose to write a series of stories intended to illustrate the life and experiences of the friendless and vagrant children to be found in all our cities, numbering in New York alone over twelve thousand.

In the preparation of the different volumes, the requisite information will be gathered from personal observation mainly, supplemented, however, by facts communicated by those who have been brought into practical relations with the class of children whose lives are portrayed.

The volumes might readily be made more matter-of-fact, but the author has sought to depict the inner life and represent the feelings and emotions of these little waifs of city life, and hopes thus to excite a deeper and more widespread sympathy in the public mind, as well as to exert a salutary influence upon the class of whom he is writing, by setting before them inspiring examples of what energy, ambition, and an honest purpose may achieve, even in their case.

In order to reach as large a number of these boys as possible, the publisher is authorized, on application, to send a gratuitous copy of the two volumes of the "Ragged Dick Series" already issued, to any regularly organized Newsboys' Lodge within the United States.

New York, December, 1868.

FAME AND FORTUNE;
OR,
THE PROGRESS OF RICHARD HUNTER.

CHAPTER I.

A BOARDING-HOUSE IN BLEECKER STREET.

"Well, Fosdick, this is a little better than our old room in Mott Street," said Richard Hunter, looking complacently about him.