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RALPH RAYMOND'S HEIR

by

HORATIO ALGER, JR.

Author of "Mark Manning's Mission," "A Debt of Honor,"
"Bernard Brook's Adventures," "Ben Bruce," "Mark
Mason's Victory," etc., etc.






A. L. Burt Company, Publishers
New York


[Illustration: "Who are you?" asked Cromwell. "I am the spirit of the
boy you murdered," answered Robert. Page 176.

_Ralph Raymond's Heir_]



CONTENTS

  CHAPTER                                         PAGE

       I.  THE MYSTERIOUS CUSTOMER.                  1
      II.  THE HOUSE IN TWENTY-NINTH STREET.         9
     III.  AN UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY.                 17
      IV.  RALPH RAYMOND'S HEIR.                    25
       V.  JAMES CROMWELL GAINS SOME INFORMATION.  