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Fritz to the Front
by
Edward L. Wheeler
The Arthur Westbrook Company
Cleveland USA
FRITZ TO THE FRONT
OR,
THE VENTRILOQUIST SCAMP-HUNTER.
BY
EDWARD L. WHEELER,
Author of "Fritz, the Bound-Boy Detective," "DeadwoodDick" Novels, "Rosebud Rob" Novels, etc.
Copyright, 1881, by Beadle & Adams.
THE
ARTHUR WESTBROOK COMPANY
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
FRITZ BEHELD AN OBJECT WHICH CAUSED HIM TO UTTER AGRUNT OF STARTLED ALARM.—See page 41.
Table of Contents
| MADGE. | CHAPTER I |
| THE STRANGE MARRIAGE. | CHAPTER II. |
| THE BLUFF HOUSE. | CHAPTER III. |
| THE GHASTLY RELIC. | CHAPTER IV. |
| BILL BUDGE'S CONVERSATION. | CHAPTER V. |
| ON THE SCENT. | CHAPTER VI. |
| THE STRUGGLE. | CHAPTER VII. |
| ADRIFT. | CHAPTER VIII. |
| FRITZ'S DISCOVERY. | CHAPTER IX. |
| A DIVE FOR LIFE. | CHAPTER X. |
| A FATHER'S BRUTALITY. | CHAPTER XI. |
| A PITIFUL END. | CHAPTER XII. |
| CONCLUSION. | CHAPTER XIII. |
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FRITZ TO THE FRONT.
CHAPTER I
MADGE.
One bright, hot August morning a cheap excursion was advertised toleave South Street wharf, Philadelphia, for Atlantic City—that livelylittle city by the sea, which is so fast growing in size andpopularity as to rival the more noted of the Atlantic coast summerresorts. A cheap excursion which is within the