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    Do and Dare: A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune
    Do and Dare: A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune
    Do and Dare: A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune
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    Do and Dare: A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune

    By Horatio Alger, Jr.

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    "If we could only keep the post office, mother, we should be all right," said Herbert Carr, as he and his mother sat together in the little sitting room of the plain cottage which the two had occupied ever since he was a boy of five.


    "Yes, Herbert, but I am afraid there won't be much chance of it."


    "Who would want to take it from you, mother?"


    "Men are selfish, Herbert, and there is no office, however small, that is not sought after."


    "What was the income last year?" inquired Herbert.


    Mrs. Carr referred to a blank book lying on the table in which the post-office accounts were kept, and answered:


    "Three hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty cents."


    "I shouldn't think that would be much of an inducement to an able-bodied man, who could work at any business."


    "Your father was glad to have it."


    "Yes, mother, but he had lost an arm in the war, and could not engage in any business that required both hands."


    "That is true, Herbert, but I am afraid there will be more than one who will be willing to relieve me of the duties. Old Mrs. Allen called at the office to-day, and told me she understood that there was a movement on foot to have Ebenezer Graham appointed."


    "Squire Walsingham's nephew?"


    "Yes; it is understood that the squire will throw his influence into the scale, and that will probably decide the matter."


    "Then it's very mean of Squire Walsingham," said Herbert, indignantly. "He knows that you depend on the office for a living."


    "Most men are selfish, my dear Herbert."


    "But he was an old schoolfellow of father's, and it was as his substitute that father went to the war where he was wounded."


    "True, Herbert, but I am afraid that consideration won't weigh much with John Walsingham."


    "I have a great mind to go and see him, mother. Have you any objections?"


    "I have no objections, but I am afraid it will do no good."


    "Mr. Graham ought to be ashamed, with the profits of his store, to want the post office also. His store alone pays him handsomely."


    "Mr. Graham is fond of money. He means to be a rich man."


    "That is true enough. He is about the meanest man in town."


    A few words are needed in explanation, though the conversation explains itself pretty well.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSai ePublications
    Release dateJan 9, 2017
    ISBN9781105979132
    Do and Dare: A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune
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    Horatio Alger, Jr.

    Horatio Alger Jr. ; January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American writer, best known for his many young adult novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)

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