The Rich Little Poor Boy By: Eleanor Gates (1875-1951)
First Page: THE RICH LITTLE POOR BOY ELEANOR GATES [Illustration: WHAT HE SAW THERE HELD HIM SPELLBOUND IN HIS CHAIR] THE RICH LITTLE POOR BOY BY ELEANOR GATES AUTHOR OF "THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL," "THE PLOW WOMAN," "THE BIOGRAPHY OF A PRAIRIE GIRL," "ALEC LLOYD, COW PUNCHER," "PIGGIE," ETC. [Illustration] D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK :: MCMXXII :: LONDON COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO F. F. M. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE WICKED GIANT 1 II. PRIDE AND PENALTY 10 III. A FEAST AND AN EXCURSION 17 IV. THE FOUR MILLIONAIRES 24 V. NEW FRIENDS 36 VI. THE DEAREST WISH 52 VII. A SERIOUS STEP 60 VIII. MORE TREASURES 68 IX. ONE EYE 79 X. THE SURPRISE 93 XI. THE DISCOVERY 108 XII. A PRODIGAL PUFFED UP 117 XIII. CHANGES 122 XIV. THE HEAVEN THAT NEARLY HAPPENED 138 XV. SCOUTS 144 XVI. HOPE DEFERRED 153 XVII. MR. PERKINS 160 XVIII. THE ROOF 172 XIX. A DIFFERENT CIS 183 XX. THE HANDBOOK 190 XXI. THE MEETING 201 XXII. CIS TELLS A SECRET 212 XXIII. ROSES THAT TATTLED 219 XXIV. FATHER PAT 233 XXV. AN ALLY CROSSES A SWORD 241 XXVI. THE END OF A LONG DAY 247 XXVII. ANOTHER GIFT 255 XXVIII. ANOTHER STORY 275 XXIX. REVOLT 290 XXX. DISASTER 300 XXXI. THE VISION 318 XXXII. HELP 330 XXXIII. ONE EYE FIGHTS 345 XXXIV. SIR ALGERNON 357 XXXV. GOOD BYS 363 XXXVI. LEFT BEHIND 373 XXXVII. UPS AND DOWNS 379 XXXVIII. ANOTHER GOOD BY 391 XXXIX. THE LETTER 400 XL. "THE TRUE WAY" 407 THE RICH LITTLE POOR BOY ELEANOR GATES CHAPTER I THE WICKED GIANT HE was ten. But his clothes were forty. And it was this difference in the matter of age, and, consequently, in the matter of size, that explained why, at first sight, he did not show how thin bodied he was, but seemed, instead, to be rather a stout little boy. For his faded, old shirt, with its wide sleeves lopped off just above his elbows, and his patched trousers, shortened by the scissors to knee length, were both many times too large for him, so that they lay upon him, front, back and sides, in great, overlapping pleats that were, in turn, bunched into heavy tucks; and his kitchen apron, worn with the waistband about his neck, the strings being tied at the back, also lent him if viewed from the front an appearance both of width and weight. But he was not stout. His frame was not even fairly well covered. From the apron hem in front, the two legs that led down to the floor were scarcely larger than lead piping. From the raveling ends of his short sleeves were thrust out arms that matched the legs bony, skinny arms, pallid as to color, and with hardly any more shape to them than there was to the poker of the cookstove. But while the lead pipe legs ended in the sort of hard, splinter defying boy's feet that could be met with on any stretch of pavement outside the tenement, the bony arms did not end in boyish hands... Continue reading book >>

The Rich Little Poor Boy By: Eleanor Gates (1875-1951)

First Page:

THE RICH LITTLE POOR BOY

ELEANOR GATES

[Illustration: WHAT HE SAW THERE HELD HIM SPELLBOUND IN HIS CHAIR]

THE RICH LITTLE POOR BOY

ELEANOR GATES

AUTHOR OF "THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL," "THE PLOW WOMAN," "THE BIOGRAPHY OF A PRAIRIE GIRL," "ALEC LLOYD, COW PUNCHER," "PIGGIE," ETC.

[Illustration]

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK :: MCMXXII :: LONDON

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

F. F. M.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE I. THE WICKED GIANT 1

II. PRIDE AND PENALTY 10

III. A FEAST AND AN EXCURSION 17

IV. THE FOUR MILLIONAIRES 24

V. NEW FRIENDS 36

VI. THE DEAREST WISH 52

VII. A SERIOUS STEP 60

VIII. MORE TREASURES 68

IX. ONE EYE 79

X. THE SURPRISE 93

XI. THE DISCOVERY 108

XII. A PRODIGAL PUFFED UP 117

XIII. CHANGES 122

XIV. THE HEAVEN THAT NEARLY HAPPENED 138

XV. SCOUTS 144

XVI. HOPE DEFERRED 153

XVII. MR. PERKINS 160

XVIII. THE ROOF 172

XIX. A DIFFERENT CIS 183

XX. THE HANDBOOK 190

XXI. THE MEETING 201

XXII. CIS TELLS A SECRET 212

XXIII. ROSES THAT TATTLED 219

XXIV. FATHER PAT 233

XXV. AN ALLY CROSSES A SWORD 241

XXVI. THE END OF A LONG DAY 247

XXVII. ANOTHER GIFT 255

XXVIII. ANOTHER STORY 275

XXIX. REVOLT 290

XXX. DISASTER 300

XXXI. THE VISION 318

XXXII. HELP 330

XXXIII. ONE EYE FIGHTS 345

XXXIV. SIR ALGERNON 357

XXXV. GOOD BYS 363

XXXVI. LEFT BEHIND 373

XXXVII. UPS AND DOWNS 379

XXXVIII. ANOTHER GOOD BY 391

XXXIX. THE LETTER 400

XL. "THE TRUE WAY" 407

THE RICH LITTLE POOR BOY

ELEANOR GATES

CHAPTER I

THE WICKED GIANT

HE was ten. But his clothes were forty. And it was this difference in the matter of age, and, consequently, in the matter of size, that explained why, at first sight, he did not show how thin bodied he was, but seemed, instead, to be rather a stout little boy. For his faded, old shirt, with its wide sleeves lopped off just above his elbows, and his patched trousers, shortened by the scissors to knee length, were both many times too large for him, so that they lay upon him, front, back and sides, in great, overlapping pleats that were, in turn, bunched into heavy tucks; and his kitchen apron, worn with the waistband about his neck, the strings being tied at the back, also lent him if viewed from the front an appearance both of width and weight.

But he was not stout. His frame was not even fairly well covered. From the apron hem in front, the two legs that led down to the floor were scarcely larger than lead piping. From the raveling ends of his short sleeves were thrust out arms that matched the legs bony, skinny arms, pallid as to color, and with hardly any more shape to them than there was to the poker of the cookstove. But while the lead pipe legs ended in the sort of hard, splinter defying boy's feet that could be met with on any stretch of pavement outside the tenement, the bony arms did not end in boyish hands... Continue reading book >>

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