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Title: The Telegraph Messenger Boy
The Straight Road to Success

Author: Edward S. Ellis

Release Date: June 20, 2008 [EBook #25859]

Language: English

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THE TELEGRAPH MESSENGER BOY
Or
The Straight Road to Success

By
EDWARD S. ELLIS

Author of "Down the Mississippi," "Life of Kit
Carson," "Lost in the Wilds," "Red Plume," Etc.

CHATTERTON-PECK COMPANY
NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Copyright, 1889, by
N. L. MUNRO

Copyright, 1904, by
THE MERSHON COMPANY

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. On a Log 1
II. The Collision 8
III. The Office Boy 16
IV. A Message in the Night 22
V. In Storm and Darkness 29
VI. "Tell Mother I Am All Right" 36
VII. A Thrilling Voyage 43
VIII. The Cipher Telegram 50
IX. The Translation 57
X. Farmer Jones 64
XI. The Value of Courtesy 71
XII. A Call 78
XIII. At the Grandin Mansion 85
XIV. The Conspiracy 93
XV. An Affray at Night 99
XVI. The Third Telegram 106
XVII. Decidedly Mixed 113
XVIII. Between Two Fires 120
XIX. Baffled! 127
XX. Watching and Waiting 134
XXI. "Lay Low!" 141
XXII. The Battle of Life 148
XXIII. Face to Face 155
XXIV. Startling Discoverie