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recognized his cousin Adelbert.--Page 58. _Ben Bruce._]




  BEN BRUCE.

  SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A
  BOWERY NEWSBOY.

  BY HORATIO ALGER, JR.,

  _Author of “Joe’s Luck,” “Tom the Bootblack,” “Dan the
  Newsboy,” “The Errand Boy,” etc., etc._

  WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. WATSON DAVIS.

  A. L. BURT COMPANY,
  PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK




  Copyright, 1892, by FRANK A. MUNSEY.

  Copyright, 1901, by A. L. BURT.

  BEN BRUCE.
  By HORATIO ALGER, JR.




CONTENTS.


  CHAPTER                                           PAGE

        I. BEN AND HIS STEPFATHER                      1

       II. BEN WITNESSES AN EXPLOSION                  9

      III. MR. WINTER’S SAVINGS BANK                  13

       IV. AN EXCITING ENCOUNTER                      21

        V. A MIDNIGHT CALL                            29

    