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The Telegraph Boy, by Horatio Alger, Jr.
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Title: The Telegraph Boy
Author: Horatio Alger, Jr.
Release Date: December 24, 2007 [EBook #24013]
Language: English
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THE TELEGRAPH BOY.
BY HORATIO ALGER, JR.,
AUTHOR OF "RAGGED DICK SERIES," "LUCK AND PLUCK SERIES," "BRAVE AND BOLD SERIES," ETC., ETC.
HORATIO ALGER'S BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. PHILADELPHIA CHICAGO TORONTO
To THREE YOUNG FRIENDS, LORIN AND BEATRICE BERNHEIMER, AND FLORINE ARNOLD, This Story IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
The "Telegraph Boy" completes the series of sketches of street-life in New York inaugurated eleven years since by the publication of "Ragged Dick." The author has reason to feel gratified by the warm reception accorded by the public to these pictures of humble life in the great metropolis. He is even more gratified by the assurance that his labors have awakened a philanthropic interest in the children whose struggles and privations he