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Hezekiah Butterworth. True to His Home: A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin
True to His Home: A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin
Table of Contents
PREFACE
TRUE TO HIS HOME
CHAPTER I
THE FIRST DAY
CHAPTER II
UNCLE BENJAMIN, THE POET
CHAPTER III
BENJAMIN AND BENJAMIN
CHAPTER IV
FRANKLIN'S STORY OF A HOLIDAY IN CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER V
THE BOY FRANKLIN'S KITE
CHAPTER VI
LITTLE BEN'S GUINEA PIG
CHAPTER VII
UNCLE TOM, WHO ROSE IN THE WORLD
CHAPTER VIII
LITTLE BEN SHOWS HIS HANDWRITING TO THE FAMILY
CHAPTER IX
UNCLE BENJAMIN'S SECRET
CHAPTER X
THE STONE WHARF, AND LADY WIGGLEWORTH, WHO FELL ASLEEP IN CHURCH
CHAPTER XI
JENNY
CHAPTER XII
A CHIME OF BELLS IN NOTTINGHAM
CHAPTER XIII
THE ELDER FRANKLIN'S STORIES
CHAPTER XIV
THE TREASURE-FINDER
CHAPTER XV
"HAVE I A CHANCE?"
CHAPTER XVI
"A BOOK THAT INFLUENCED THE CHARACTER OF A MAN WHO LED HIS AGE."
CHAPTER XVII
BENJAMIN LOOKS FOR A PLACE WHEREIN TO START IN LIFE
CHAPTER XVIII
LITTLE BEN'S ADVENTURES AS A POET
CHAPTER XIX
LEAVES BOSTON
CHAPTER XX
LAUGHED AT AGAIN
CHAPTER XXI
LONDON AND A LONG SWIM
CHAPTER XXII
A PENNY ROLL WITH HONOR.—JENNY'S SPINNING-WHEEL
CHAPTER XXIII
MR. CALAMITY
CHAPTER XXIV
FRANKLIN'S STRUGGLES WITH FRANKLIN
CHAPTER XXV
THE MAGICAL BOTTLE
CHAPTER XXVI
THE ELECTRIFIED VIAL AND THE QUESTIONS IT RAISED
CHAPTER XXVII
THE GREAT DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXVIII
HOME-COMING IN DISGUISE
CHAPTER XXIX
"THOSE PAMPHLETS."
CHAPTER XXX
A STRANGE DISCOVERY
CHAPTER XXXI
OLD HUMPHREY'S STRANGE STORY
CHAPTER XXXII
THE EAGLE THAT CAUGHT THE CAT.—DR. FRANKLIN'S ENGLISH FABLE.—THE DOCTOR'S SQUIRRELS
CHAPTER XXXIII
OLD MR. CALAMITY AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXIV
OLD MR. CALAMITY AND THE TEARING DOWN OF THE KING'S ARMS
CHAPTER XXXV
JENNY AGAIN
CHAPTER XXXVI
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.—A MYSTERY
CHAPTER XXXVII
ANOTHER SIGNATURE.—THE STORY OF AUVERGNE SANS TACHE
CHAPTER XXXVIII
FRANKLIN SIGNS THE TREATY OF PEACE.—HOW GEORGE III RECEIVES THE NEWS
CHAPTER XXXIX
THE TALE OF AN OLD VELVET COAT
CHAPTER XL
IN SERVICE AGAIN
CHAPTER XLI
JANE'S LAST VISIT
CHAPTER XLII
FOR THE LAST TIME
CHAPTER XLIII
A LESSON AFTER SCHOOL
APPENDIX
FRANKLIN'S FAMOUS PROVERB STORY OF THE OLD AUCTIONEER
THE END
FOOTNOTES:
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Hezekiah Butterworth
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"Benjamin and Benjamin!" said the younger brother, touching the strings of the violin that he held on his lap—"Benjamin and Benjamin! Brother Benjamin, how did you get the money to cross the ocean?"
"I sold my goods and my pamphlets. They were my life; I had put my life into them. But I sold them, for what were they if I could have the chance to live another life in little Ben?"
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