Cast Upon The Breakers
contributor: Eric Lease Morgan (Infomotions, Inc.)
creator: Alger, Horatio, Jr.
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full text: CAST UPON THE BREAKERS, by HORATIO ALGER, JR. Digitized by Cardinalis Press, C.E.K. Posted to Wiretap in July 1993, as breakers.txt. Based on a 1974 edition, of which only the forward is copyright. Originally appeared in the Argosy, May 27 to Aug 19 of 1893, under the pseudonym Arthur Lee Putnam. Italics are represented as _italics_. This text is in the PUBLIC DOMAIN. CAST UPON THE BREAKERS by Horatio Alger, Jr. FORWARD BY RALPH D. GARDNER 1974 Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York ISBN: 0-385-08386-6 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 73-9003 Forward copyright 1974 by Doubleday & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America First Edition 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 …