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Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 5: Hard to Beat

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Frank Tousey



Bob Brooks is a young messenger boy on Wall Street, who uses his business sagacity to take advantage of some serendipitous tips to get a car…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 6: Building a Railroad

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Frank Tousey



Don and Gil Winthrop inherited their father's business to construct a railroad in a developing location in upstate New York. Engineers thems…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 7: Winning His Way

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Frank Tousey



The recent death of Frank Morris' father, Owner and Editor of the Green River Argus, has left his 18 year-old son, Frank to take up the chal…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 8: The Wheel of Fortune

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Frank Tousey



This is the story of Bert Hawley who, at a young age, saw his mother die of illness and had to fend off his drunken father in their ramshack…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 9: Nip and Tuck

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Frank Tousey



Nip and Tuck are the best of rivals. Throughout the time they've known each other, they seemed to be interested in the same things and in co…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 11: A Lucky Penny

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Frank Tousey



Tom Garland is a young man in Boston who is sent to learn a trade at an Industrial Farm near the bay. There he meets another young man who's…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 12: A Diamond in the Rough

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Frank Tousey



Fred King is a young man who has been working in the coal industry for years, but it hasn't soiled his positive, helpful attitude nor his am…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 13: Baiting the Bears

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Frank Tousey



Phil Thorne can really bounce back! The story starts with him unceremoniously losing his job (due to his own indiscretion), but immediately …

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 14: A Gold Brick

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Frank Tousey



Joe Vickers, a young man of humble circumstances, was a strong and conscientious worker for the railroad. Starting as a Wiper, he took advan…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 15: A Streak of Luck

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Frank Tousey



Some folks are judged by their social or economic standing. Our hero, Ben Bailey, shows that true worth comes from richness of character. Th…

When London Burned

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G. A. Henty



Follow the exciting beginnings of the career of Sir Cyril Shenstone. Orphaned at the death of his father, Sir Aubrey Shenstone, Cyril begins…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 16: A Good Thing

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Frank Tousey



Bruce Hardy and Joe Ramsey are chums from Hurricane Hill Military Academy in Jew Jersey. From their studies to sports and even their daring …

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 17: King of the Market

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Frank Tousey



Rex Richmond is a young messenger for a brokerage firm in New York City. Through Providential tips and situations where he can show his cour…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 18: Pure Grit

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Frank Tousey



Eric Gordon, though a store clerk and postal worker in a small coastal town in New York, has plenty of optomisim about his abilities in any …

Welsh Rarebit Tales

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Harle Oren Cummins



Ever have a strange dream after a particularly big or heavy meal? Ever write those images down and ahve them published?That's what a certain…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 19: A Rise in Life

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Frank Tousey



Bob Chambers is a plucky young man who works in the Bayport Woolen Mills. He has a good rapport with nearly everyone he meets, including Rub…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 20: A Barrel of Money

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Frank Tousey



Bertie Ballister, an honest and hard-working messenger boy for a banker on Wall Street, never lets the issues of his life get in the way of …

Old Times in the Colonies

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Charles Carleton Coffin



The discovery and establishment of a new continent! Who owns it? What will you do with it? How shall it be ruled? How shall a sovereign gain…

Letters to the Joneses

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Josiah Gilbert Holland



We watch our news and live our lives and see many things wrong with society today. It is easy for us to claim that things were better in &qu…

The Crimson Thread

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Roy J. Snell



Lucile has a job in a department store book department for the holiday season before she returns to college for the next term. What could ha…

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