Mark Manning's Mission: The Story of a Shoe Factory Boy - Horatio Alger #2

Mark Manning is discharged from his job as a shoe pegger by no fault of his own and is then employed by Old Anthony, a hermit, who is sick with rheumatism. Mark rescues the hermit from his treacherous nephew. Mark is sent to Chicago to search for the hermit's lost grandson. Can Mark find him and bring him back? Mark and his mother, a poor widow, have to move out of their home after Squire Collins buys the cottage which they rent. Can they find another home before he forces them out?