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FACING THE WORLD By Horatio Alger, Jr.





CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER I -- HARRY RECEIVES A LETTER

CHAPTER II -- THE DANGER SIGNAL

CHAPTER III -- HARRY DISAGREES WITH HIS GUARDIAN

CHAPTER IV -- MRS. FOX COMES TO GRIEF

CHAPTER V -- MR. FOX LEARNS HARRYโ€™S SECRET

CHAPTER VI -- AN EXCITING CHASE

CHAPTER VII -- A NEW ENGAGEMENT

CHAPTER VIII -- A LIBERAL OFFER

CHAPTER IX -- THE PASSENGERS

CHAPTER X -- THE YOUNG SAILOR

CHAPTER XI -- A SENSATIONAL SCENE

CHAPTER XII -- A STORM

CHAPTER XIII -- โ€œWHO WILL STAY?โ€

CHAPTER XIV -- THE WRECK OF THE NANTUCKET

CHAPTER XV -- THE LAST OF THE โ€œNANTUCKETโ€

CHAPTER XVI -- CONCLUSION







PREFACE

Horatio Alger, Jr., in โ€œFacing the World,โ€ gives us as his hero a boy whose parents have both died and the man appointed as his guardian is unjust and unkind to him. In desperation he runs away and is very fortunate in finding a true friend in a man who aids him and makes him his helper in his work as magician.

They travel over the country and have many interesting experiences, some narrow escapes and thrilling adventures.







CHAPTER I HARRY RECEIVES A LETTER

โ€œHereโ€™s a letter for you, Harry,โ€ said George Howard. โ€œI was passing the hotel on my way home from school when Abner Potts called out to me from the piazza, and asked me to bring it.โ€

The speaker was a bright, round-faced boy of ten. The boy whom he addressed was five or six years older. Only a week previous he had lost his father, and as the family consisted only of these two, he was left, so far as near relatives were concerned, alone in the world.

Immediately after the funeral he had been invited home by Mr. Benjamin Howard, a friend of his father, but in no manner connected with him by ties of relationship.

โ€œYou can stay here as long as you like, Harry,โ€ said Mr. Howard, kindly. โ€œIt will take you some time to form your plans, perhaps, and George will be glad to have your company.โ€

โ€œThank you, Mr. Howard,โ€ said Harry, gratefully.

โ€œShall you look for some employment here?โ€

โ€œNo; my father has a second cousin in Colebrook, named John Fox. Before he died he advised me to write to Mr. Fox, and go to his house if I should receive an invitation.โ€

โ€œI hope for your sake, he will prove a good man. What is his business?โ€

โ€œI donโ€™t know, nor did my father. All I know is, that he is considered a prosperous man. This letter is from him.โ€

It was inclosed in a brown envelope, and ran as follows:

โ€œHARRY VANE: I have received your letter saying that your father wants me to be your guardeen. I donโ€™t know as I have any objections, beinโ€™ a business man it will come easy to me, and I think your father was wise to seleck me. I am reddy to receave you any time. You will come to Bolton on the cars. That is eight miles from here, and there is a stage that meats the trane. It wouldnโ€™t do you any harm to walk, but boys ainโ€™t so active as they were in my young days. The stage fare is fifty cents, which I shall expect you to pay yourself, if you ride.

โ€œThere is one thing you donโ€™t say anything aboutโ€”how much proparty your pa left. I hope it is a good round sum, and I will take good care of it for you. Ennybody round here will tell you that John Fox is a good man of business, and about as sharp as most people. Mrs. Fox will be glad to see you, and my boy, Joel, will be glad to have someone to keep him company. He is about sixteen years old. You donโ€™t say how old you are, but from your letter I surmise that you are as much as that. You will find a happy united famerly, consistinโ€™ of me and my wife, Joel and his sister, Sally. Sally is fourteen, just two years younger than Joel. We live in a comfortable way, but we donโ€™t gorge ourselves on rich, unhelthy food. No more at present. Yours to command,

โ€œJOHN FOX.โ€

Harry smiled more than once as he read this letter.

โ€œYour relative isnโ€™t strong on spelling,โ€ remarked Mr. Howard, as he laid the letter on the table.

โ€œNo, sir; but he appears to be strong on economy. It is a comfort to know that I shall not be injured by โ€˜rich, unhelthy food.โ€™โ€

โ€œWhen do you mean to start for Colebrook?โ€ asked Mr. Howard.

โ€œTo-morrow morning. I have been looking at a railroad guide, and I find it will bring me to Colebrook in time for supper.โ€

โ€œWe should be glad to have you stay with us as long as possible, Harry.โ€

โ€œThank you, Mr. Howard, I donโ€™t doubt that, but the struggle of life is before me, and I may as well enter upon it at once.โ€

At four oโ€™clock in the afternoon the conductor of the train on which Harry was a passenger called out Bolton.

Harry snatched up his carpetbag, and made his way to the door, for this was the place where he was to take the stage for Colebrook.

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