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Tom, the Bootblack

by Jr. Horatio Alger

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  1. 1Chapter I — Introducing Tom, the Bootblack
  2. 2Chapter II — Struck Down
  3. 3Chapter III — A Street Fight
  4. 4Chapter IV — At the Hospital
  5. 5Chapter V — The Last Interview
  6. 6Chapter VI — The Revelation
  7. 7Chapter VII — Tom Turns Over a New Leaf
  8. 8Chapter VIII — The Effect of a New Suit
  9. 9Chapter IX — Bessie Benton
  10. 10Chapter X — Tom Arrives in Cincinnati
  11. 11Chapter XI — Bessie Benton at Home
  12. 12Chapter XII — Tom Gains a Little Information
  13. 13Chapter XIII — An Adventure
  14. 14Chapter XIV — A Fashionable Boarding-House
  15. 15Chapter XV — Tom Changes His Boarding-House
  16. 16Chapter XVI — Maurice Is Astonished
  17. 17Chapter XVII — The Scarred Face
  18. 18Chapter XVIII — Uncle and Nephew
  19. 19Chapter XIX — Diamond Cut Diamond
  20. 20Chapter XX — Baffled, but Not Discouraged
  21. 21Chapter XXI — A Conspiracy
  22. 22Chapter XXII — The Theft of the Paper
  23. 23Chapter XXIII — The Tables Turned
  24. 24Chapter XXIV — A Sudden Departure
  25. 25Chapter XXV — Maurice Betrays Himself
  26. 26Chapter XXVI — Maurice and Bessie Benton
  27. 27Chapter XXVII — James Grey’s Residence
  28. 28Chapter XXVIII — The Guest of His Enemy
  29. 29Chapter XXIX — Gilbert and Jasper
  30. 30Chapter XXX — Deceitful Hospitality
  31. 31Chapter XXXI — Bucephalus
  32. 32Chapter XXXII — An Unwelcome Return
  33. 33Chapter XXXIII — Another Plot
  34. 34Chapter XXXIV — A Ride Through the Woods
  35. 35Chapter XXXV — How Gilbert Is Disposed Of
  36. 36Chapter XXXVI — Hugh Betrays His Principal
  37. 37Chapter XXXVII — A Final Surrender

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