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Adrift in New York


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Book Excerpt: ...saloon, sells papers in the evenings, and makes himself generally useful.""Has he any education?""Well, I haven't sent him to boarding school or college," answered Tim. "He don't know no Greek, or Latin, or mathematics--phew, that's a hard word. You didn't tell me you wanted him made a scholar of.""I didn't. I wanted never to see or hear from him again. What made you bring him back to New York?""Couldn't keep away, governor. I got homesick, I did. There ain't but one Bowery in the world, and I hankered after that----""Didn't I pay you money to keep away, Tim Bolton?""I don't deny it; but what's three thousand dollars? Why, the kid's cost me more than that. I've had the care of him for fourteen years, and it's only about two hundred a year.""You have broken your promise to me!" said Curtis, sternly."There's worse things than breaking your promise," retorted Bolton....




Adrift in New York


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Adrift in New York By Horatio Alger Jr. "Has he any education?" "Well, I haven't sent him to boarding school or college," answered Tim. "He don't know no Greek, or Latin, or mathematics--phew, that's a hard word. You didn't tell me you wanted him made a scholar of." "I didn't. I wanted never to see or hear from him again. What made you bring him back to New York?" "Couldn't keep away, governor. I got homesick, I did. There ain't but one Bowery in the world, and I hankered after that----" "Didn't I pay you money to keep away, Tim Bolton?" "I don't deny it; but what's three thousand dollars? Why, the kid's cost me more than that. I've had the care of him for fourteen years, and it's only about two hundred a year." "You have broken your promise to me!" said Curtis, sternly. "There's worse things than breaking your promise," retorted Bolton.




Adrift in New York


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In the first story, Adrift in New York - disowned by her guardian in nineteenth-century New York City, seventeen-year-old Florence is befriended by Tom--a boy from the Bowery--with whom she has a surprising connection. And in the second story The World Before him - disinherited by his scheming stepfather, sixteen-year-old Frank Courtney seeks his fortune in New York City and through perseverance, ambition, and high moral character obtains an excellent job and good prospects for the future.




Adrift in New York


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Disowned by her guardian in nineteenth-century New York City, seventeen-year-old Florence is befriended by Tom--a boy from the Bowery--with whom she has a surprising connection.







Adrift in New York


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Book Excerptsaloon, sells papers in the evenings, and makes himself generally useful.""Has he any education?""Well, I haven't sent him to boarding school or college," answered Tim. "He don't know no Greek, or Latin, or mathematics--phew, that's a hard word. You didn't tell me you wanted him made a scholar of.""I didn't. I wanted never to see or hear from him again. What made you bring him back to New York?""Couldn't keep away, governor. I got homesick, I did. There ain't but one Bowery in the world, and I hankered after that----""Didn't I pay you money to keep away, Tim Bolton?""I don't deny it; but what's three thousand dollars? Why, the kid's cost me more than that. I've had the care of him for fourteen years, and it's only about two hundred a year.""You have broken your promise to me!" said Curtis, sternly."There's worse things than breaking your promise," retorted Bolton.Scarcely had he spoken than a change came over his face, and he stared open-







Adrift in New York


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Excerpt from Adrift in New York: Or Tom and Florence Braving the World There was a shade of jealousy in the voice of Cur tis Waring as he entered the library through the open door, and approaching his uncle, pressed his hand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.