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 THE NEWSBOY PARTNERS

"Say, what's the matter with you, anyhow?"

That was the question that Jimmy Small, a New York newsboy, asked when first he met Dick, in a dark alleyway, where Jimmy had gone to sleep because he didn't have the price of a bed at the lodging-house.

Dick was a welt-dressed boy, and lay there with ft nasty cut on the head. He couldn't tell how he had got into the alleyway or where he had come from. All he could remember was his first name—and as he was found in a box, Jimmy called him Dick Box.

The poor newsboy befriended Dick, and the two became partners. Dick could not remember his past, but he remembered how to read and write, and he taught Jimmy, and the two worked their way upward. Then one day something happened—something truly wonderful—and Dick—well, he didn't remain poor, unknown Dick Box for a great while longer.

This story, issued under the title of "The Newsboy Partners; or, Who Was Dick Box?" is a fascinating tale, told in Mr. Webster's best style. Splendidly illustrated, bound in cloth, price thirty-five cents. Published by the Cupples & Leon Co., New York. Ask your bookseller to show you this volume.