CONTENTS
PREFACE.
JOE THE HOTEL BOY.
CHAPTER I. -- OUT IN A STORM.
CHAPTER II. -- A MYSTERIOUS CONVERSATION.
CHAPTER III. -- A HOME IN RUINS.
CHAPTER IV. -- THE SEARCH FOR THE BLUE BOX.
CHAPTER V. -- A NEW SUIT OF CLOTHES.
CHAPTER VI. -- AN ACCIDENT ON THE LAKE.
CHAPTER VII. -- BLOWS AND KIND DEEDS.
CHAPTER VIII. -- THE TIMID MR. GUSSING.
CHAPTER IX. -- AN UNFORTUNATE OUTING.
CHAPTER X. -- DAVID BALL FROM MONTANA.
CHAPTER XI. -- A FRUITLESS CHASE.
CHAPTER XII. -- THE PARTICULARS OF A SWINDLE.
CHAPTER XIII. -- OFF FOR THE CITY.
CHAPTER XIV. -- A SCENE ON THE TRAIN.
CHAPTER XV. -- WHAT HAPPENED TO JOSIAH BEAN.
CHAPTER XVI. -- A MATTER OF SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.
CHAPTER XVII. -- JOE'S NEW POSITION.
CHAPTER XVIII. -- JOE SHOWS HIS MUSCLE.
CHAPTER XIX. -- ONE KIND OF A DUEL.
CHAPTER XX. -- ATTACKED IN THE DARK.
CHAPTER XXI. -- DAYS AT THE HOTEL.
CHAPTER XXII. -- ABOUT SOME MINING SHARES.
CHAPTER XXIII. -- THE FIRE AT THE HOTEL.
CHAPTER XXIV. -- THE BLUE BOX AT LAST.
CHAPTER XXV. -- JOE VISITS CHICAGO.
CHAPTER XXVI. -- HOW A SATCHEL DISAPPEARED.
CHAPTER XXVII. -- JOE MAKES A DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER XXVIII. -- FROM OUT OF A TREE.
CHAPTER XXIX. -- THE FATE OF TWO EVILDOERS.
CHAPTER XXX. -- CONCLUSION.
A number of years ago the author of this story set out to depict life among the boys of a great city, and especially among those who had to make their own way in the world. Among those already described are the ways of newsboys, match boys, peddlers, street musicians, and many others.
In the present tale are related the adventures of a country lad who, after living for some time with a strange hermit, goes forth into the world an