Mark Manning's Mission
Mark Manning's Mission by Horatio, Jr. Alger is available here as the complete text, split into 865 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
Mark Manning's Mission: The Story of a Shoe Factory Boy by Horatio, Jr. Alger. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #55000.
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- Chapter I Three Young Hunters
- Chapter II The Hermit's Cabin
- Chapter III A Timely Rescue
- Chapter IV The Hermit Explains
- Chapter V Lyman Taylor Makes a New Acquaintance
- Chapter VI A Tragedy in the Pasture
- Chapter VII Mark at Home
- Chapter VIII Deacon Miller Gets a Clue
- Chapter IX The Deacon's Mission
- Chapter X Mark Protects a Friend
- Chapter XI Mark Is Discharged
- Chapter XII Good Luck After Misfortune
- Chapter XIII The Little Man in Black
- Chapter XIV An Important Proposal
- Chapter XV The Hermit's Bank
- Chapter XVI Lyman Taylor Gains Some Information
- Chapter XVII On the Trail of Gold
- Chapter XVIII Lyman's Disappointment
- Chapter XIX The Hermit Receives a Call
- Chapter XX How Lyman Succeeded
- Chapter XXI All Aboard for New York
- Chapter XXII
- Chapter XXIII Mark's Mission
- Chapter XXIV What Mark Discovered
- Chapter XXV
- Chapter XXVI Luck Favors Lyman
- Chapter XXVII Old Peggy
- Chapter XXVIII Lyman's Plan
- Chapter XXIX Mark Receives a Telegram
- Chapter XXX
- Chapter XXXI Jack Talks in His Sleep
- Chapter XXXII Jack Is Pursued
- Chapter XXXIII Mark Eludes His Pursuers
- Chapter XXXIV
- Chapter XXXV Notice to Quit
- Chapter XXXVI The Hermit Secures a House
- Chapter XXXVII Conclusion
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