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Alger, Horatio, Jr.

"Cast Upon The Breakers"

You will be my friend. But you must obey me implicitly. I am going to send you to school, and give you a chance to learn something. Next week I shall return to Dr. Sampson's boarding school and you will go with me as my friend and room mate."


? ? ? ? "But, Rodney, you will be ashamed of me. I am awfully shabby."


? ? ? ? "You won't be long. You shall be as well dressed as I am."


? ? ? ? A week later the two boys reached the school. It would have been hard for any of Mike's old friends to recognize him in the handsomely dressed boy who accompanied Rodney.


? ? ? ? "Really, Mike, you are quite good looking, now that you are well dressed," said Rodney.


? ? ? ? "Oh, go away with you, Rodney? It's fooling me you are!"


? ? ? ? "Not a bit of it. Now I want you to improve your time and learn as fast as you can."


? ? ? ? "I will, Rodney."


? ? ? ? A year later Rodney left school, but he kept Mike there two years longer. There had been a great change in the telegraph boy, who was quick to learn. He expects, when he leaves school, to join Rodney in Montana.


? ? ? ? I will not attempt to estimate Rodney's present wealth, but he is already prominent in financial circles in his adopted State.


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