Jed, the Poorhouse Boy

Jed paused in his work with his axe suspended above him, for he was splitting wood. He turned his face toward the side door at which stood a woman, thin and sharp-visaged, and asked: \"Well, what\'s wanted?\"

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Jed, the Poorhouse Boy

CHAPTER I. JED.
CHAPTER II. MR. AND MRS. FOGSON.
CHAPTER III. THE SCRANTON POORHOUSE.
CHAPTER IV. AN EXCITING CONTEST.
CHAPTER V. JED SECURES AN ALLY.
CHAPTER VI. MR. FOGSON MAKES UP HIS MIND.
CHAPTER VII. FOGSON\'S MISTAKE.
CHAPTER VIII. MR. FOGSON IS ASTONISHED.
CHAPTER IX. JED LEAVES THE POORHOUSE.
CHAPTER X. JED REACHES DUNCAN.
CHAPTER XI. JED\'S FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE STAGE.
CHAPTER XII. PERCY DIXON IS BEWILDERED.
CHAPTER XIII. FOGSON IN PURSUIT.
CHAPTER XIV. JED\'S LUCK.
CHAPTER XV. TWO ODD ACQUAINTANCES.
CHAPTER XVI. MISS HOLBROOK, SPINSTER.
CHAPTER XVII. JED MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
CHAPTER XVIII. MR. FOGSON RECEIVES A LETTER.
CHAPTER XIX. DISCHARGED.
CHAPTER XX. JED\'S POOR PROSPECTS.
CHAPTER XXI. JED ARRIVES IN NEW YORK.
CHAPTER XXII. JED MAKES TWO CALLS.
CHAPTER XXIII. JED\'S BAD LUCK.
CHAPTER XXIV. A STARTLING DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER XXV. WITHOUT A PENNY.
CHAPTER XXVI. IN SEARCH OF EMPLOYMENT.
CHAPTER XXVII. AN INTRACTABLE AGENT.
CHAPTER XXVIII. A STRANGE COMMISSION.
CHAPTER XXIX. A SURPRISE PARTY.
CHAPTER XXX. JED ENTERTAINS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
CHAPTER XXXI. JED RETURNS GOOD FOR EVIL.
CHAPTER XXXII. AT BAR HARBOR.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE POORHOUSE RECEIVES TWO VISITORS.
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE DETECTIVE.
CHAPTER XXXV. MRS. AVERY\'S STORY.
CHAPTER XXXVI. "WHO WAS JED?"
CHAPTER XXXVII. JANE GILMAN.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE DETECTIVE SECURES AN ALLY.
CHAPTER XXXIX. JED LEARNS WHO HE IS.
CHAPTER XL. GUY FENWICK\'S DEFEAT.
CHAPTER XLI. CONCLUSION.

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