Only an Irish Boy Andy Burke's Fortunes

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Ti­tle: On­ly An Irish Boy Andy Burke's For­tunes

Au­thor: Ho­ra­tio Al­ger, Jr.

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ON­LY AN IRISH BOY Or, Andy Burke's For­tunes by Ho­ra­tio Al­ger, Jr.

Au­thor of “Paul the Ped­dler,” “Phil the Fid­dler,” “Strive and Suc­ceed,” “Slow and Sure,” “Try and Trust,” etc.

CON­TENTS

Chap­ter I. ANDY BURKE II. A SKIR­MISH III. ANDY AND HIS MOTH­ER IV. MRS. PRE­STON V. A PROF­ITABLE JOB VI. THE TWO OLD MAIDS VII. ANDY OB­TAINS A PLACE VI­II. THE MID­NIGHT ALARM IX. WHAT FOL­LOWED X. ANDY'S DE­BUT AT SCHOOL XI. A GAME OF BALL XII. A LIT­TLE DIF­FI­CUL­TY XI­II. GOD­FREY'S RE­BEL­LION XIV. MR. STONE IS CALLED TO AC­COUNT XV. MRS. PRE­STON'S DIS­COM­FI­TURE XVI. THE CHRIST­MAS PRESENT XVII. IN­TRO­DUCES AN AD­VEN­TUR­ER XVI­II. RID­ING WITH A HIGH­WAY­MAN XIX. BAF­FLED A ROB­BER XX. HOW THE NEWS WAS RE­CEIVED XXI. A MOD­EL WIFE XXII. COLONEL PRE­STON'S RE­COV­ERY XXI­II. MRS. BURKE HAS GOOD FOR­TUNE XXIV. ANDY'S JOUR­NEY XXV. THE MER­CHANT FROM PORT­LAND XXVI. SPIN­NING THE WEB XXVII. THE DROP GAME XXVI­II. THE GUEST OF TWO HO­TELS XXIX. A STARTLING EVENT XXX. COLONEL PRE­STON'S WILL XXXI. MRS. PRE­STON'S IN­TEN­TIONS XXXII. MRS. PRE­STON'S RE­VENGE XXXI­II. ANDY LOS­ES HIS PLACE XXXIV. THE WILL AT LAST XXXV. MRS. PRE­STON IS UN­PLEAS­ANT­LY SUR­PRISED XXXVI. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL

ON­LY AN IRISH BOY