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Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter By: Oliver Optic (1822-1897) |
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OLIVER OPTIC THE STARRY FLAG SERIES, BY OLIVER OPTIC.
I. THE STARRY FLAG; OR, THE YOUNG FISHERMAN OF CAPE ANN. II. FREAKS OF FORTUNE; OR, HALF ROUND THE WORLD. III. BREAKING AWAY; OR, THE FORTUNES OF A STUDENT. IV. SEEK AND FIND; OR, THE ADVENTURES OF A SMART BOY. V. MAKE OR BREAK; OR, THE RICH MAN'S DAUGHTER. VI. DOWN THE RIVER; OR, BUCK BRADFORD AND HIS TYRANTS. [Illustration: THE BANKER'S PRIVATE OFFICE. Page 199.]
MAKE OR BREAK; OR, THE RICH MAN'S DAUGHTER. BY OLIVER OPTIC, AUTHOR OF "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD," "THE ARMY AND NAVY STORIES,"
"THE WOODVILLE STORIES," "THE BOAT CLUB STORIES," "THE RIVERDALE
STORIES," ETC. BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
WILLIAM T. ADAMS,
In the Clerks Office of the District Court of the
District of Massachusetts. COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY WILLIAM T. ADAMS.
All rights reserved. MAKE OR BREAK.
TO MY YOUNG FRIEND KATE V. AUSTIN This Book IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
"MAKE OR BREAK," is the fifth of the serial stories published in "OUR
BOYS AND GIRLS" a magazine which has become so much the pet of the
author, that he never sits down to write a story for it without being
impressed by a very peculiar responsibility. Twenty thousand youthful
faces seem to surround him, crying out for something that will excite
their minds, and thrill their very souls, while a calmer, holier voice,
speaking in the tones of divine command, breathes gently forth, "Feed
my lambs." The lambs will not eat dry husks; they loathe the tasteless morsel
which well meaning sectarians offer them, and hunger for that which
will warm their hearts and stir their blood. The heart may be warmed,
and the blood may be stirred, without corrupting the moral nature. The
writer has endeavored to meet this demand in this way, and he is quite
sure that the patient, striving, toiling Leo, and the gentle,
self sacrificing, and devoted Maggie, do nothing in the story which
will defile the mind or the heart of the young people. The Bible
teaches what they sought to practise. He is satisfied that none of his
readers will like Mr. Fitzherbert Wittleworth well enough to make him
their model. The author is willing the story should pass for what it is worth; and
there is no danger that it will be over or undervalued, for the young
people are even more critical than their elders. But the favor already
bestowed upon it has added to the weight of the writer's obligation to
the juvenile reading public; and in giving them the story in its
present permanent form, he trusts that it will continue to be not only
a source of pleasure, but a stimulus to higher aims, and a more
resolute striving for what is worth having both in the moral and
material world. WILLIAM T. ADAMS. HARRISON SQUARE, MASS., July 28, 1868.
CONTENTS.
PAGE CHAPTER I. MR. WITTLEWORTH GETS SHAVED 11 CHAPTER II. BOY WANTED 22 CHAPTER III. MR. CHECKYNSHAW IS VIOLENT 34 CHAPTER IV. MR. CHECKYNSHAW RUSHES 46 CHAPTER V. LEO MAGGIMORE 57 CHAPTER VI. LEO'S WORKSHOP 69 CHAPTER VII. MON PERE 81 CHAPTER VIII. MAKE OR BREAK 94 CHAPTER IX. MR. CHECKYNSHAW AND FAMILY 105 CHAPTER X. THE WITTLEWORTH FAMILY 117 CHAPTER XI... Continue reading book >>
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