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Title: Nobody's Boy
Sans Famille

Author: Hector Malot

Illustrator: John B. Gruelle

Translator: Florence Crewe-Jones

Release Date: April 19, 2008 [EBook #25102]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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NOBODY'S BOY

(_Sans Famille_)

BY HECTOR MALOT

TRANSLATED BY FLORENCE CREWE-JONES

_ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR BY_ JOHN B. GRUELLE

NEW YORK MDCCCCXVI
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

_Copyright, 1916, by_ CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

Printed in U. S. A.

[Illustration: "THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF REMI'S COMPANY."
(_See page 230_)]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I MY VILLAGE HOME 1

II MY ADOPTED FATHER 10

III SIGNOR VITALIS' COMPANY 21

IV THE MATERNAL HOUSE 35

V EN ROUTE 43

VI MY DEBUT 49

VII CHILD AND ANIMAL LEARNING 61

VIII ONE WHO HAD KNOWN A KING 67

IX ARRESTED 74

X HOMELESS 85

XI ANOTHER BOY'S MOTHER 109

XII THE MASTER'S CONSENT 120

XIII WEARY DREARY DAYS 128

XIV THE DEATH OF PRETTY-HEART 148

XV FAITHFUL FRIENDS 163

XVI THE PADRONE 169

XVII POOR VITALIS 184

XVIII NEW FRIENDS 194

XIX DISASTER 205

XX MATTIA 220

XXI MEETING OLD FRIENDS 236

XXII IMPRISONED IN A MINE 244

XXIII ONCE MORE UPON THE WAY 262

XXIV FRIENDSHIP THAT IS TRUE 270

XXV MOTHER, BROTHERS AND SISTERS 294

XXVI BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT 304

XXVII A DISTRESSING DISCOVERY 312

XXVIII A MYSTERIOUS STRANGER 330

XXIX IN PRISON