Copyright, 1907, by Benziger Brothers
Copyright, 1907, by Benziger Brothers
CONTENTS
ChapterPageI.In Which a Bully Comes to Grief7II.Herbert Finds Himself the Innocent Cause of Much Trouble14III.Proving that Birds of a Feather Flock Together24IV.In Which Fortune Unexpectedly Favors David Harkins33V.In Which David Harkins Becomes the Victim of Peculiar Circumstances39VI.In Which David Harkins Quits This Life and Takes His Secret with Him48VII.In Which Herbert Meets Adversity and Learns the Meaning of Hard Work58VIII.Herbert Becomes Ambitious and is Fascinated by the Smell of Printers’ Ink66IX.Having Become a Newspaper Writer Herbert Looks for New Worlds to Conquer77X.Which Tells of How Herbert Came to Leave the Town of Cleverly88XI.Herbert is Awed and Amazed by His First Sight of a Great City98XII.In Which Herbert Becomes Acquainted With Some of the Methods of Modern Journalism109XIII.Herbert Makes a Hit and Tides Over a Temporary Financial Difficulty120XIV.In Which Herbert is Given an Unusual Opportunity to Distinguish Himself127XV.In Which Herbert Does Some Very Hard Work and Receives a Terrible Shock135XVI.In Which Herbert Loses His Position and Retires in Disgrace143XVII.The Young Reporter Finds That the Door of Opportunity is Closed to Him153XVIII.Wherein a Black Sheep Shows a Desire to Change His Color161XIX.Persistence Has its Reward and Herbert Finally Meets the Mysterious Stranger169XX.In Which a Stain is Removed from the Memory of an Innocent Man180XXI.In Which a Telephone Call Produces Some Unexpected Results186XXII.Proving that Bad Persons, Like Bad Pennies, are Constantly Reappearing194XXIII.In Which a Bad Man Reaches the End of His Rope204XXIV.Wherein the Clouds Pass Away and the Sun Shines on Herbert Harkins215XXV.Demonstrating the Truth of the Saying that All’s Well that Ends Well225