Cast Upon the Breakers, Jr. Horatio Alger [ebooks that read to you .txt] 📗
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. -- A FAITHLESS GUARDIAN.
CHAPTER II. -- THE CASKET OF JEWELS.
CHAPTER III. -- A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.
CHAPTER IV. -- IN PURSUIT OF A THIEF.
CHAPTER V. -- A YOUNG FINANCIAL WRECK.
CHAPTER VI. -- AN IMPUDENT ADVENTURER.
CHAPTER VII. -- AT THE NEWSBOY’S LODGING HOUSE.
CHAPTER VIII. -- RODNEY FINDS A PLACE.
CHAPTER IX. -- THE FIRST DAY AT WORK.
CHAPTER X. -- MIKE PUTS ON A UNIFORM.
CHAPTER XI. -- MISSING GOODS.
CHAPTER XII. -- WHAT WAS FOUND IN RODNEY’S ROOM.
CHAPTER XIII. -- CHARGED WITH THEFT.
CHAPTER XIV. -- RODNEY IS DISCHARGED.
CHAPTER XV. -- A RICH FIND.
CHAPTER XVI. -- A SURPRISING TURN OF FORTUNE.
CHAPTER XVII. -- JASPER’S PERPLEXITY.
CHAPTER XVIII. -- RODNEY’S SECRET IS DISCOVERED.
CHAPTER XIX. -- JASPER’S REVENGE.
CHAPTER XX. -- RODNEY LOSES HIS PUPIL.
CHAPTER XXI. -- CONTINUED ILL LUCK.
CHAPTER XXII. -- AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE TURNS UP.
CHAPTER XXIII. -- MR. WHEELER HAS A SET BACK.
CHAPTER XXIV. -- A CHANGE OF SCENE.
CHAPTER XXV. -- JEFFERSON PETTIGREW’S HOME.
CHAPTER XXVI. -- THE BOY CAPITALIST.
CHAPTER XXVII. -- THE FAILURE OF SQUIRE SHELDON’S PLOT.
CHAPTER XXVIII. -- A MINISTER’S GOOD FORTUNE.
CHAPTER XXIX. -- A MINING TOWN IN MONTANA.
CHAPTER XXX. -- THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.
CHAPTER XXXI. -- MR. WHEELER EXPLAINS.
CHAPTER XXXII. -- RODNEY FALLS INTO A TRAP.
CHAPTER XXXIII. -- UNDERGROUND.
CHAPTER XXXIV. -- RODNEY’S DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER XXXV. -- A BLOODY CONFLICT.
CHAPTER XXXVI. -- THE RODNEY MINE.
CHAPTER XXXVII. -- CONCLUSION.
A FAITHLESS GUARDIAN.
“Well, good by, Rodney! I leave school tomorrow. I am going to learn a trade.”
“I am sorry to part with you, David. Couldn’t you stay another term?”
“No: my uncle says I must be earning my living, and I have a chance to learn the carpenter’s trade.”
“Where are you going?”
“To Duffield, some twenty miles away. I wish I were in your shoes. You have no money cares, and can go on quietly and complete your education.”
“I don’t know how I am situated, David. I only know that my guardian pays my expenses at this boarding school.”
“Yes, you are a star boarder, and have the nicest room in the institution. I am only a poor day scholar. Still I feel thankful that I have been allowed to remain as long as I have. Who is your guardian?”
“A Mr. Benjamin Fielding, of New York.”
“Is he a business man?”
“I believe so.”
“Do you know how much you will inherit when you come of age?” asked David, after a short pause.
“I haven’t an idea.”
“It seems to me your guardian ought to have told you.”
“I scarcely know my guardian. Five years ago I spent a week at his home. I don’t remember much about it except that he lives in a handsome house, and has plenty of servants. Since then, as you know, I have passed most of my time here, except that in the summer I was allowed to board at the Catskills or any country place I might select.”
“Yes, and I remember one year you took me with you and paid all my expenses. I shall never forget your kindness, and how much I enjoyed that summer.”
Rodney Ropes smiled, and his smile made his usually grave face look very attractive.
“My dear David,” he said, “it was all selfishness on my part. I knew I should enjoy myself much better with a companion.”
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