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[Illustration: ROBERT OVERHEARS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
_Frontispiece_]




  OUT FOR BUSINESS

  OR

  _ROBERT FROST'S STRANGE CAREER_


  BY

  HORATIO ALGER, JR.

  AUTHOR OF "FALLING IN WITH FORTUNE," "LUCK OR PLUCK,"
  "THE YOUNG BOATMAN," "ONLY AN IRISH BOY,"
  "YOUNG MINER," ETC.

  COMPLETED BY

  ARTHUR M. WINFIELD

  AUTHOR OF "THE ROVER BOYS AT SCHOOL," "THE ROVER BOYS
  ON THE OCEAN," "THE ROVER BOYS IN THE JUNGLE,"
  "THE ROVER BOYS OUT WEST," ETC.

  [Illustration]


  GROSSET & DUNLAP

  PUBLISHERS      ::      ::      NEW YORK




BY THE SAME AUTHOR


  THE YOUNG BOOK AGENT;
  Or, Frank Hardy's Road to Success.

  FROM FARM TO FORTUNE;
  Or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience.

  LOST AT SEA;
  Or, Robert Roscoe's Strange Cruise.

  JERRY, THE BACKWOODS BOY;
  Or, The Parkhurst Treasure.

  NELSON, THE NEWSBOY;
  Or, Afloat in New York.

  YOUNG CAPTAIN JACK;
  Or, The Son of a Soldier.

  OUT FOR BUSINESS;
  Or, Robert Frost's Strange Career.

  FALLING IN WITH FORTUNE;
