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HELPING HIMSELF Or Grant Thornton's Ambition


By Horatio Alger, Jr. New York





CONTENTS


CHAPTER I — THE MINISTER'S SON

CHAPTER II — GRANT MAKES TWO BUSINESS CALLS

CHAPTER III — GRANT WALKS TO SOMERSET

CHAPTER IV — A TIMELY RESCUE

CHAPTER V — MRS. THORNTON'S PEARLS

CHAPTER VI — GRANT GETS INTO UNEXPECTED TROUBLE

CHAPTER VII — MRS. SIMPSON COMES TO GRIEF

CHAPTER VIII — GRANT TAKES A DECISIVE STEP

CHAPTER IX — 'UNCLE GODFREY PARTS FROM GRANT

CHAPTER X — A DAY IN WALL STREET

CHAPTER XI — GRANT MAKES A FRIEND

CHAPTER XII — MRS. ESTABROOK'S PLANS

CHAPTER XIII — TWO VIEWS OF TOM CALDER

CHAPTER XIV — WILLIS FORD'S NEW FRIENDS

CHAPTER XV — AN ARTFUL TRAP

CHAPTER XVI — GRANT FALLS UNDER SUSPICION

CHAPTER XVII — THE TELLTALE KEY

CHAPTER XVIII — GRANT'S ENEMIES TRIUMPH

CHAPTER XIX — IMPORTANT EVIDENCE

CHAPTER XX — AT THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL

CHAPTER XXI — THE THIEF IS DISCOVERED

CHAPTER XXII — WILLIS FORD AT BAY

CHAPTER XXIII — JUSTICE TRIUMPHS

CHAPTER XXIV — STARTLING NEWS

CHAPTER XXV — ANXIOUS INQUIRIES

CHAPTER XXVI — A WESTERN CABIN

CHAPTER XXVII — THE RIDE TO BARTON'S

CHAPTER XXVIII — HERBERT IS PROVIDED WITH A NEW HOME

CHAPTER XXIX — INTRODUCES MR. BARTON

CHAPTER XXX — A MODEL HOUSEHOLD

CHAPTER XXXI — THE HOUSEKEEPER'S CRIME

CHAPTER XXXII — HOPE DEFERRED

CHAPTER XXXIII — THE JOURNEY BEGINS

CHAPTER XXIV — MRS. BARTON'S SURPRISE

CHAPTER XXXV — HERBERT BREAKS DOWN

CHAPTER XXXVI — GRANT RECEIVES A LETTER

CHAPTER XXXVII — WILLIS FORD FINDS THE RUNAWAYS

CHAPTER XXXVIII — FORD TAKES A BOLD STEP, BUT FAILS

CHAPTER XXXIX — THE HOUSEKEEPER'S RETRIBUTION

CHAPTER XL — CONCLUSION









CHAPTER I — THE MINISTER'S SON

“I wish we were not so terribly poor, Grant,” said Mrs. Thornton, in a discouraged tone.

“Is there anything new that makes you say so, mother?” answered the boy of fifteen, whom she addressed.

“Nothing new, only the same old trouble. Here is a note from Mr. Tudor, the storekeeper.”

“Let me see it, mother.”

Grant took a yellow envelope from his mother's hand, and drew out the inclosure, a half sheet of coarse letter paper, which contained the following lines:

“July 7, 1857.

REV. JOHN THORNTON:

DEAR SIR: Inclosed you will find a bill for groceries and other goods furnished to you in the last six months, amounting to sixty-seven dollars and thirty-four cents ($67.34). It ought to have been paid before. How you, a minister of the Gospel, can justify yourself in using goods which you don't pay for, I can't understand. If I remember rightly, the Bible says: 'Owe no man anything.' As I suppose you recognize the Bible as an authority, I expect you to pay up promptly, and oblige,

Yours respectfully, THOMAS TUDOR.”

Grant looked vexed and indignant. “I think that is an impudent letter, mother,” he said.

“It is right that the man should have his money, Grant.”

“That is true, but he might have asked for it civilly, without taunting my poor father with his inability to pay. He would pay if he could.”

“Heaven knows he would, Grant,” said his mother, sighing.

“I would like to give Mr. Tudor a piece of my mind.” “I would rather pay his bill. No, Grant, though he is neither kind nor considerate, we must admit that his claim is a just one. If I only knew where to turn for money!”

“Have you shown the bill to father?” asked Grant.

“No; you know how unpractical your father is. It would only annoy and make him anxious, and he would not know what to do. Your poor father has no business faculty.”

“He is a very learned man,” said Grant, proudly.

“Yes, he graduated very high at college, and is widely respected by his fellow ministers, but he has no aptitude for business.”

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