Jack Harding, a lively, careless boy, sees his mother’s household take in a small girl, Ida, left by a mysterious stranger with money for her keep. When the payments stop, Jack vows to support his ward himself, and the family is drawn into a plot of kidnapping and counterfeiting that stretches from New York to Philadelphia.
Classic Alger pluck-and-luck fiction for readers fond of old-fashioned boys’ stories. Download the free EPUB.