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The Adventures of a Boy Reporter By: Harry Steele Morrison (1880-) |
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by Harry Steele Morrison 1900 CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. LIVING IN THE COUNTRY LIFE AT SCHOOL THE HUT CLUB IS FORMED THE COMING OF THE CIRCUS CHAPTER II. ARCHIE LONGS FOR A CHANGE IN SURROUNDINGS A TRIP TO NEW YORK WITH UNCLE HENRY CHAPTER III. ARCHIE DETERMINES TO GO TO THE CITY TO WORK LEAVING HOME AT NIGHT CHAPTER IV. WORKING ON A FARM TO EARN SOME MONEY CRUEL TREATMENT CHAPTER V. THE NIGHT AMONG THE RUINS THE CAMP FIRE OF THE TRAMPS CHAPTER VI. STEALING A RIDE KICKED OUT BY THE BRAKEMAN CHAPTER VII. ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK A NIGHT IN A LODGING HOUSE CHAPTER VIII. LOOKING FOR WORK WASHING DISHES IN A BOWERY RESTAURANT CHAPTER IX. IN THE STREET AGAIN THE POLICE STATION VISITS THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE, AND IS KINDLY RECEIVED BY THE EDITOR CHAPTER X. LIVING IN COMFORT AGAIN FEATURED AS "THE BOY REPORTER" CHAPTER XI. A DAY AND A NIGHT IN CONEY ISLAND RAIDING A GAMBLING DEN CHAPTER XII. A SUCCESSFUL REPORTER THE EDITOR DECIDES TO SEND HIM AS CORRESPONDENT TO THE PHILIPPINES LEAVING NEW YORK IN CHICAGO CHAPTER XIII. SAN FRANCISCO THE TRANSPORT GONE WORKING HIS WAY TO HONOLULU BY PEELING VEGETABLES ON A PACIFIC LINER THE CAPITAL OF HAWAII CHAPTER XIV. THE VOYAGE ON THE TRANSPORT A STORM AT SEA ARRIVAL IN MANILA CHAPTER XV. ARCHIE STARTS OUT ON AN EXPLORING TOUR, AND HAS SOME STRANGE ADVENTURES AMONG THE NATIVES SEIZED BY THE REBELS CHAPTER XVI. A PLEASANT CAPTOR BRAVE BILL HICKSON ALLOWS ARCHIE TO ESCAPE FIRST GLIMPSE OF AGUINALDO CHAPTER XVII. ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICAN TROOPS ARCHIE THE HERO OF THE REGIMENT CHAPTER XVIII. THE MARCH AFTER THE REBELS THE FIRST BATTLE ARCHIE WOUNDED CHAPTER XIX. RETURN TO MANILA IN THE HOSPITAL CONGRATULATED BY ALL WRITING TO THE PAPER OF HIS EXPERIENCES CHAPTER XX. AROUND THE ISLAND ON A WAR SHIP BOMBARDING A FILIPINO TOWN CHAPTER XXI. CONTINUING THE CRUISE ANOTHER VILLAGE CAPTURED THE ADMIRAL ARCHIE'S FRIEND A GREAT BATTLE AND AN UNEXPECTED VICTORY LONGING TO BE HOME AGAIN CHAPTER XXII. RETURN TO HEADQUARTERS A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR, WITH PERMISSION TO RETURN TO NEW YORK BILL HICKSON GOES, TOO CHAPTER XXIII. HONG KONG A HAPPY TIME IN TOKIO HONOLULU AGAIN ARRIVAL IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND A GREAT RECEPTION BY THE PRESS ARCHIE AND BILL ARRIVE IN NEW YORK, AND ARE THE HEROES OF THE HOUR CHAPTER XXIV. DOING "SPECIAL" WORK UPON THE EVENING PAPER INTERVIEWS WITH FAMOUS MEN CALLS UPON OLD FRIENDS CHAPTER XXV. PRIVATE SECRETARY TO A MILLIONAIRE STUDYING AT EVENING SCHOOL LIVING AMID ELEGANT SURROUNDINGS CHAPTER XXVI. DECIDES TO VISIT HOME A GREAT RECEPTION IN THE TOWN A PUBLIC CHARACTER NOW DINNER TO THE HUT CLUB DEMONSTRATION AT THE TOWN HALL A TELEGRAM FROM HIS EMPLOYER LEAVING FOR EUROPE THE ADVENTURES OF A BOY REPORTER. CHAPTER I. LIVING IN THE COUNTRY LIFE AT SCHOOL THE HUT CLUB IS FORMED THE COMING OF THE CIRCUS. "YES," said Mrs. Dunn to her neighbour, Mrs. Sullivan, "we are expecting great things of Archie, and yet we sometimes hardly know what to think of the boy. He has the most remarkable ideas of things, and there seems to be absolutely no limit to his ambition. He has long since determined that he will some day be President, and he expects to enter politics the day he is twenty one." "Is that so, indeed," said Mrs. Sullivan. "Well, we can never tell what is going to come of our boys. As I says to Dannie to day, says I, 'Dannie, you must do your best to be somebody and make something of yourself, for you and Jack bees all that I has to depend upon now.' But Dannie pays no attention to my entreaties, and somehow it seems to me that since Mr. Sullivan died the boys are gettin' worse and worse. It's beyond me to control them, anyhow." "Oh, take heart, Mrs. Sullivan," said Mrs. Dunn, "our boys will all turn out well in the end, and all we can do is to bring them up in the best way we know, and trust to them to take care of themselves after they leave home... Continue reading book >>
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