Alger, Horatio, 1832-1899 / 2008-07-19 00:00:00
EBOOK, HELPING HIMSELF ***
Produced by Carrie Fellman.
HELPING HIMSELF
Or
Grant Thornton's Ambition
By HORATIO ALGER, JR.
NEW YORK
HELPING HIMSELF
CHAPTER I
THE MINISTER'S SON
"I wish we were not so terribly poor, Grant," said Mrs. Thornton, in
a discouraged tone.
"Is there anything new that makes you say so, mother?" answered the
boy of fifteen, whom she addressed.
"Nothing new, only the same old trouble. Here is a note from Mr.
Tudor, the storekeeper."
"Let me see it, mother."
Grant took a yellow envelope from his mother's hand, and drew out
the inclosure, a half sheet of coarse letter paper, which contained
the following lines:
"July 7, 1857.
REV. JOHN THORNTON:
DEAR SIR: Inclosed you will find a bill for groceries and other
goods furnished to you in the last six months, amounting to
sixty-seven dollars and thirty-four cents ($67.34). It ought to have
been paid before. How you, a minister of the Gospel, can justify
yourself in using goods which you don't pay for, I can't understand.
If I remember rightly, the Bible says: 'Owe no man anything.' As I
suppose you recognize the Bible as an authority, I expect you to pay
up promptly, and oblige,
Yours respectfully, THOMAS TUDOR.
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