Cast Upon the Breakers by Jr. Horatio Alger (i love reading books TXT) 📕

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CAST UPON THE BREAKERS *** Produced by Charles Keller and David Widger

CAST UPON THE BREAKERS by Horatio Alger, Jr.

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.

CHAPTER I.

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.”