Haikus from The Telegraph Boy by Horatio Alger, Jr.

From a book categorized as Fiction / Literary and 212 pages follows a description and a number of hidden haikus found in the book:

CHAPTER I. A YOUNG CARPET-BAGGER.
CHAPTER II. DICK RAFFERTY.
CHAPTER III. FRANK FINDS AN EMPLOYER.
CHAPTER IV. "PITY THE BLIND."
CHAPTER V. FRANK THROWS UP HIS SITUATION.
CHAPTER VI. FRANK GETS A JOB.
CHAPTER VII. AN INVITATION TO DINNER.
CHAPTER VIII. A NEWSBOY'S EXPERIENCES.
CHAPTER IX. VICTOR DUPONT.
CHAPTER X. A NEW PROSPECT.
CHAPTER XI. THE TELEGRAPH BOY.
CHAPTER XII. A WAYWARD SON.
CHAPTER XIII. A TIMELY RESCUE.
CHAPTER XIV. FRANK MAKES AN EVENING CALL.
CHAPTER XV. AT WALLACK'S THEATRE.
CHAPTER XVI. FRANK AS A DETECTIVE.
CHAPTER XVII. FRANK MEETS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
CHAPTER XVIII. A RICH WOMAN'S SORROW.
CHAPTER XIX. A MESSENGER OF GOOD TIDINGS.
CHAPTER XX. A NEW JOB, AND A LETTER FROM HOME.
CHAPTER XXI. FRANK'S FIRST DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER XXII. FOLLOWING UP A CLUE.
CHAPTER XXIII. BROUGHT TO BAY.
CHAPTER XXIV. AN OPEN ENEMY.
CHAPTER XXV. WHAT THE OLD TRUNK CONTAINED.
CHAPTER XXVI. A TRAP, AND WHO FELL INTO IT.
CHAPTER XXVII. FRANK BECOMES A GOOD SAMARITAN.
CHAPTER XXVIII. A COUNTRY COUSIN.
CHAPTER XXIX. CONCLUSION.

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At any rate, Dick
 chose so to interpret it,
and opened the door.

"Look here, old fellow,
 you come in here too often,"
said a young salesman.

"Thank you very much
 for your kind invitation,"
said Frank, politely.

I have a headache,
 or I would go out myself,"
explained the stranger.

"I mean that I heard
 your conversation with him,
and I know your game.

The young man was sharp
 enough to see that he must
give up his purpose.

"I wish father were
 as forgiving as mother,"
said Ellen Morgan.

The news created
 great excitement at the farm.
"Why, Frank's a rich boy!"

RISEN FROM THE RANKS.
 HERBERT CARTER'S LEGACY.
BRAVE AND BOLD SERIES.

JACK HAZARD SERIES.
 Jack Hazard and His Fortunes.
The Young Surveyor.