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TRY AND TRUST Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
Rahway, N.J., New York
A. FLORIAN HENRIQUES (BOISIE),
THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I -- AROUND THE BREAKFAST TABLE
CHAPTER II -- INTRODUCING THE HERO
CHAPTER III -- A COLLISION
CHAPTER IV -- A DISAGREEABLE SURPRISE
CHAPTER V -- THE ENVELOPE
CHAPTER VI -- ON THE WAY
CHAPTER VII -- A NEW HOME
CHAPTER VIII -- THE GHOST IN THE ATTIC
CHAPTER IX -- EXPOSING A FRAUD
CHAPTER X -- THE CLOUDS GATHER
CHAPTER XI -- A CRISIS
CHAPTER XII -- RALPH THE RANGER
CHAPTER XIII -- A MOMENT OF PERIL
CHAPTER XIV -- TAKEN PRISONER
CHAPTER XV -- A FOUR-FOOTED FOE
CHAPTER XVI -- JUST TOO LATE
CHAPTER XVII -- NEW ACQUAINTANCES
CHAPTER XVIII -- A YOUNG ARISTOCRAT
CHAPTER XIX -- A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER
CHAPTER XX -- FACING A BURGLAR
CHAPTER XXI -- HERBERT'S REWARD
CHAPTER XXII -- ROBBED IN THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XXIII -- A BUSINESS CALL
CHAPTER XXIV -- FINDING A BOARDING PLACE
CHAPTER XXV -- GETTING A SITUATION
CHAPTER XXVI -- A FAMILY COUNCIL
CHAPTER XXVII -- AT THE CONCERT
CHAPTER XXVIII -- PETER GREENLEAF AGAIN
CHAPTER XXIX -- SPARRING
CHAPTER XXX -- AN UNEXPECTED BLOW
CHAPTER XXXI -- MR. STANTON IS SURPRISED
CHAPTER XXXII -- RISEN FROM THE DEAD
CHAPTER XXXIII -- A FRIEND IN NEED
CHAPTER XXXIV -- CONCLUSION
CHAPTER I AROUND THE BREAKFAST TABLE
βWell, wife,β said Mr. Benjamin Stanton, as he sat down to a late breakfast, βI had a letter from Ohio yesterday.β
βFrom Ohio? Who should write you from Ohio? Anyone I know?β
βMy sister, Margaret, you remember, moved out there with her husband ten years ago.β
βOh, it's from her, is it?β said Mrs. Stanton, indifferently.
βNo,β said her husband with momentary gravity. βIt's from a Dr. Kent, who attended her in her last illness. Margaret is dead!β
βDear me!β returned Mrs. Stanton, uncomfortably; βand I am just out of mourning for my aunt. Do you think it will be necessary for us to go into mourning for your sister?β
βNo, I think not,β said her husband. βMargaret has lived away from us so long, and people won't know that we have had a death in the family unless we mention it.β
βWas that all the letter saidβabout the death, I mean?β
βWhy, no,β said Mr. Stanton, with a little frown. βIt seems Margaret left a childβa boy of fourteen; and, as she left no property, the doctor suggests that I should send for the boy and assume the care of him.β
βUpon my word!β said Mrs. Stanton; βyou will find yourself in business if you undertake to provide for all the beggars' brats that apply to you for assistance.β
βYou must remember that you are speaking of my sister's child,β said Mr. Stanton, who, cold and selfish and worldly as he was, had some touch of decency about him, and did not relish the term βbeggars' brats,β as applied to one so nearly related to him.
βWell, call him what you like,β said his wife; βonly don't be so foolish as to go spending your money on him when our children need all we have. There's Maria needs a new dress immediately. She says all the girls at Signor Madalini's dancing academy dress elegantly, and she's positively ashamed to appear in any of her present dresses.β
βHow much will it cost?β asked Mr. Stanton, opening his pocketbook.
βYou may hand me seventy-five dollars. I think I can make that do.β
Without a word of remonstrance, the money was placed in her hand.
βI want some money, too,β said Tom Stanton, who had just disposed of a very hearty meal.
βWhat do you want it for, Tom?β
βOh, some of the fellows are getting up a club. It's going to be a select affair, and of course each of us has got to contribute some money. You see, we are going to hire a room, furnish it nicely with a carpet, black walnut furniture, and so on, and that'll cost something.β
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