Sam's Chance, and How He Improved It
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Horatio Alger Jr.. Sam's Chance, and How He Improved It
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. SAM'S NEW CLOTHES
CHAPTER II. SAM'S FIRST DAY IN BUSINESS
CHAPTER III. SAM FINDS A ROOM
CHAPTER IV. FIRST LESSONS
CHAPTER V. SAM'S FINANCES
CHAPTER VI. SAM'S LUCK
CHAPTER VII. TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS REWARD
CHAPTER VIII. AN UNEXPECTED OBSTACLE
CHAPTER IX. RESTORING THE RING
CHAPTER X. SAM'S INVESTMENT
CHAPTER XI. HENRY BECOMES A MERCHANT
CHAPTER XII. HOW SAM SUCCEEDED
CHAPTER XIII. HENRY'S GOOD FORTUNE
CHAPTER XIV. THE SAVINGS BANK BOOK
CHAPTER XV. SAM IS FOUND OUT
CHAPTER XVI. SAM LOSES HIS PLACE
CHAPTER XVII. TIM IS UNMASKED
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FALL RIVER BOAT
CHAPTER XIX. MUTUAL CONFIDENCES
CHAPTER XX. TOO LATE FOR THE TRAIN
CHAPTER XXI. ARRIVED IN BOSTON
CHAPTER XXII. FIRST EXPERIENCES IN BOSTON
CHAPTER XXIII. SAM FINDS A ROOMMATE
CHAPTER XXIV. AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE
CHAPTER XXV. IN PURSUIT OP A PLACE
CHAPTER XXVI. ABNER BLODGETT AGAIN
CHAPTER XXVII. SAM IS INITIATED INTO A COLLEGE SOCIETY
CHAPTER XXVIII. BROWN'S PLAN
CHAPTER XXIX. ARTHUR BROWN
CHAPTER XXX. HOW IT WAS ARRANGED
CHAPTER XXXI. TWO YEARS LATER
CHAPTER XXXII. CONCLUSION
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He was a boy of fifteen, who, for three years, had been drifting about the streets of New York, getting his living as he could; now blacking boots, now selling papers, now carrying bundles – "everything by turns, and nothing long." He was not a model boy, as those who have read his early history, in "The Young Outlaw," are aware; but, on the other hand, he was not extremely bad. He liked fun, even if it involved mischief; and he could not be called strictly truthful nor honest. But he would not wantonly injure or tyrannize over a smaller boy, and there was nothing mean or malicious about him. Still he was hardly the sort of boy a merchant would be likely to select as an office boy, and but for a lucky chance Sam would have been compelled to remain a bootblack or newsboy. One day he found, in an uptown street, a little boy, who had strayed away from his nurse, and, ascertaining where he lived, restored him to his anxious parents. For this good deed he was rewarded by a gift of five dollars and the offer of a position as errand boy, at five dollars a week.
Sam decided that he must have some new clothes before he could enter upon his place. At present his costume consisted of a ragged shirt, and a pair of equally ragged pantaloons. Both were of unknown antiquity, and had done faithful service, not only to Sam, but to a former owner. It was quite time they were released from duty.
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"Yes, I must. I ought to ask more."
"Then you may keep the rest of the clo'es. I don't want 'em."
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