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  If this is borrowed by a friend
  Right welcome shall he be
  To read, to study, not to lend
  But to return to me.
  Not that imparted knowledge doth
  Diminish learning's store
  But books I find if often lent
  Return to me no more.





The

Erie Train Boy



HORATIO ALGER,

JR.





Copyright, 1891,

UNITED STATES BOOK COMPANY

(All Rights Reserved)



The Erie Train Boy


CONTENTS.

CHAPTER.                                        PAGE.

       I. On the Erie Road                          5

      II. A Fair Exchange                          11

     III. Fred's Rich Relation                     14

      IV. Zebulon Mack                             20

       V. An Adventure on the Train                24

      VI. Mr. Bascomb's Peril                      30

     VII. Ferdinand Morris                         85

    VIII. Mr. Bascomb's sad Plight                 41

      IX. A Long Trip                              46

       X. What Took Place in No. 21                51

      XI. Fred Falls under a Terrible Suspicion    56

     XII. Fred is a Prisoner                       62

    XIII. The Hotel Clerk's Mistake                67

     XIV. The Missing Valise                       73

      XV. Mr. Palmer Walks into a Trap             78

     XVI. Palmer's Malice                          83

    XVII. Two Young Lady Passengers at Odds        88

   XVIII. Unsatisfactory Relations                 94

     XIX. Ruth Patton Calls on Mr. Ferguson        99

      XX. A Friend in Need                        104

     XXI. Luella's Painful Discovery              109

    XXII. Miss Ferguson Writes a Note             115

   XXIII. Another Railroad Adventure              126

    XXIV. Fred's Good Luck                        125

     XXV. Rose Wainwright's Party                 131

    XXVI. Fred Becomes a Newspaper Hero           136

   XXVII. A Confidential Mission                  141

  XXVIII. St. Victor                              146

    XXIX. Fred Takes the First Step               154

     XXX. A Hunting Excursion                     157

    XXXI. Fred has an Understanding with Sinclair 163

   XXXII. Finding a Clue                          168

  XXXIII