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Title: Bart Stirling's Road to Success
Or; The Young Express Agent

Author: Allen Chapman

Release Date: May 25, 2005 [EBook #15903]

Language: English

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BART STIRLING'S ROAD TO SUCCESS

Or

The Young Express Agent

BY ALLEN CHAPMAN

AUTHOR OF "THE HEROES OF THE SCHOOL," "NED WILDING'S DISAPPEARANCE,"
"FRANK ROSCOE'S SECRET," "FENN MASTERSON'S DISCOVERY," "BART KEENE'S
HUNTING DAYS," ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY
1908

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THE BOYS' POCKET LIBRARY

BY ALLEN CHAPMAN

Cloth. Illustrated. Price per volume, 35 cents, postpaid.

THE HEROES OF THE SCHOOL
NED WILDING'S DISAPPEARANCE
FRANK ROSCOE'S SECRET
FENN MASTERSON'S DISCOVERY
BART KEENE'S HUNTING DAYS
BART STIRLING'S ROAD TO SUCCESS
WORKING HARD TO WIN
BOUND TO SUCCEED
THE YOUNG STOREKEEPER
NED BORDEN'S FIND

CUPPLES & LEON CO, Publishers, New York

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE THIRD OF JULY
II. "WAKING THE NATIVES"
III. COUNTING THE COST
IV. BLIND FOR LIFE
V. READY FOR BUSINESS
VI. GETTING "SATISFACTION"
VII. WAITING FOR TROUBLE
VIII. THE YOUNG EXPRESS AGENT
IX. COLONEL JEPTHA HARRINGTON
X. QUEER COMRADES
XI. "FORGET IT!"
XII. THE MYSTERIOUS MR. BAKER
XIII. "HIGHER STILL!"
XIV. MRS. HARRINGTON'S TRUNK
XV. AN EARLY "CALL"
XVI. AT FAULT
XVII. A FAINT CLEW
XVIII. A DUMB FRIEND
XIX. FOOLING THE ENEMY
XX. BART ON THE ROAD
XXI. A LIMB OF THE LAW
XXII. BART STIRLING, AUCTIONEER
XXIII. "GOING, GOING, GONE!"
XXIV. MR. BAKER'S BID
XXV. A NIGHT MESSAGE
XXVI. ON THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
XXVII. LATE VISITORS
XXVIII. T