41
VII IN WHICH HARRY FINDS HIMSELF IN A TIGHT PLACE AND
EXECUTES A COUNTER MOVEMENT 48
VIII IN WHICH HARRY KILLS A BIG SNAKE, AND MAKES A NEW
FRIEND 55
IX IN WHICH HARRY BREAKFASTS ON DOUGHNUTS, AND FINDS
THAT ANGELS DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE WINGS 62
X IN WHICH HARRY FARES SUMPTUOUSLY, AND TAKES LEAVE
OF THE LITTLE ANGEL 69
XI IN WHICH HARRY REACHES THE CITY, AND THOUGH OFTEN
DISAPPOINTED, TRIES AGAIN 76
XII IN WHICH HARRY SUDDENLY GETS RICH AND HAS A
CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER HARRY 83
XIII IN WHICH HARRY BECOMES A STABLE BOY, AND HEARS
BAD NEWS FROM ROCKVILLE 90
XIV IN WHICH HARRY DOES A GOOD DEED, AND DETERMINES
TO "FACE THE MUSIC" 97
XV IN WHICH HARRY MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A VERY
IMPORTANT PERSONAGE 104
XVI IN WHICH HARRY GOES INTO THE DRYGOODS BUSINESS 111
XVII IN WHICH HARRY REVISITS ROCKVILLE, AND MEETS WITH
A SERIOUS LOSS 117
XVIII IN WHICH HARRY MEETS WITH AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE AND
GETS A HARD KNOCK ON THE HEAD 124
XIX IN WHICH HARRY FINDS THAT EVEN A BROKEN HEAD MAY
BE OF SOME USE TO A PERSON 131
XX IN WHICH HARRY PASSES THROUGH HIS SEVEREST TRIAL,
AND ACHIEVES HIS GREATEST TRIUMPH 137
XXI IN WHICH HARRY IS VERY PLEASANTLY SITUATED, AND
THE STORY COMES TO AN END 147

BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

William Taylor Adams, American author, better known and loved by boys
and girls through his pseudonym "Oliver Optic," was born July 30,
1822, in the town of Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, about
twenty-five miles from Boston. For twenty years he was a teacher in
the Public Schools of Boston, where he came in close contact with boy
life. These twenty years taught him how to reach the boy's heart and
interest as the popularity of his books attest.

His story writing began in 1850 when he was twenty-eight years