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Download or read book The Telegraph Boy Annotated and Illustrated written by Horatio Horatio Alger Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.When his father dies suddenly, Frank Kavanaugh is forced to live with his uncle and aunt. Unwilling to support Frank, his uncle urges him to move out. Frank decides to move to New York City where he works in a variety of positions, eventually becoming a Telegraph Boy. On one of his assignments he is asked to work as an errand boy for an importer. The importer knows that one of his employees is stealing large amounts of money from him. Frank's assignment is to learn the identity of the thief. Frank does his best to solve this mystery, and along the way receives a gift that will impact his life immensely.

Download or read book The Telegraph Boy Illustrated written by Horatio Alger and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2014-04-25 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I have two children," she said, "a daughter and a son. The son has recently graduated from college, and is now travelling in Europe. My daughter is now twenty-six years of age. She was beautiful, and our social position was such that my husband, who is a proud man, confidently anticipated that she would make a brilliant match. But at the age of nineteen Ellen fell in love with a clerk in my husband's employ. He was a young man of good appearance and character, and nothing could be said against him except that he was poor. This, however, was more than enough in Mr. Graham's eyes. When Lawrence Brent asked for the hand of our daughter, my husband drove him from the house with insult, and immediately discharged him from his employ. Ellen was high-spirited, and resented this treatment of the man she loved. He soon obtained a place quite as good as the one he had lost, and one day Ellen left the house and married him. She wrote to us, excusing her action, and I would gladly have forgiven her; but her father was obdurate. He forbade my mentioning her name to him, and from that day to this he has never referred to her. In late-nineteenth-century New York City, fifteen-year-old Frank Kavanagh's job as messenger boy brings him many adventures, new friendships, and eventually a great improvement in his fortunes. Horatio Alger, Jr. (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. His writings were characterized by the "rags-to-riches" narrative, which had a formative effect on America during the Gilded Age. Alger's name is often invoked incorrectly as though he himself rose from rags to riches, but that arc applied to his characters, not to the author. Essentially, all of Alger's novels share the same theme: a young boy struggles through hard work to escape poverty. Critics, however, are quick to point out that it is not the hard work itself that rescues the boy from his fate, but rather some extraordinary act of bravery or honesty, which brings him into contact with a wealthy elder gentleman, who takes the boy in as a ward. The boy might return a large sum of money that was lost or rescue someone from an overturned carriage, bringing the boy—and his plight—to the attention of some wealthy individual. It has been suggested that this reflects Alger's own patronizing attitude to the boys he tried to help.

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Download or read book The Telegraph Boy written by Alger Horatio, Jr and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Excerpt: ...rank became thoughtful. Life in the city seemed more precarious and less desirable than he anticipated."Well, I must go to work again," said Dick, after a while."Where are you going to sleep to-night?" asked Frank."I don't know whether I'd better sleep at the Astor House or Fifth avenue," said Dick.Frank looked perplexed."You don't mean that, do you?" he asked."Of course I don't. You're too fresh. Don't get mad," he continued good-naturedly, seeing the flush on Frank's cheek. "You'll know as much about the city as I do before long. I shall go to the Newsboys' Lodgin' House, where I can sleep for six cents.""I wish I had six cents," said Frank. "If I could only get work I'd soon earn it. You can't think of anything for me to do, can you?"Dick's face lighted up."Yes," he said, "I can get you a job, though it aint a very good one. I wonder I didn't think of it before.""What is it?" asked Frank, anxiously."It's to go round wit....

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Download or read book Adventures of a Telegraph Boy Annotated and Illustrated written by Horatio Horatio Alger Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.Excerpt from the Book:On Broadway, not far from the St. Nicholas Hotel, is an office of the American District Telegraph. Let us enter.A part of the office is railed off, within which the superintendent has a desk, and receives orders for boys to be sent to different parts of the city. On benches in the back part of the office are sitting perhaps a dozen boys varying in age from fifteen to eighteen, clad in the well known blue uniform prescribed by the company. Each wears a cap on which may be read the initials of the company, with the boy's number.At the end of the benches sat a stout, well made boy, apparently sixteen years of age. He had a warm, expressive face, and would generally be considered good looking.On his cap we read this inscription:A. D. T.91.Some of the boys were smaller, two or three larger than Number 91. But among them all, he was the most attractive in appearance. The boys sat on the benches in patience waiting for a call from the superintendent.[6] They were usually selected in turn, but sometimes the fitness of a particular boy for the errand required was taken into consideration."Number 87!" called the superintendent.A small boy of fifteen, but not looking over thirteen, left his seat and advanced to the desk."No, I don't think you'll do," said the superintendent "There's a man at the New England Hotel who wants a boy to go down with him to the Cortlandt Street Ferry, and carry his valise. A larger boy will be required."He glanced at the boys in waiting and called:"Number 91!"The boy of whom we have spoken rose with alacrity, and stepped up to the desk. He had been sitting on the bench for an hour, and was glad of an opportunity to go out on an errand.The superintendent wrote on a card the name "D. L. Meacham, New England Hotel," and handed it to the boy."Go at once to the New England Hotel, and call for that gentleman," he said. "If he is not in, wait for him.""Yes, sir."Paul Parton, for this was his name, did not need any further directions. He was perfectly acquainted with the city, especially in the lower part, where he had lived for years. He crossed Broadway, and, taking an easterly course, made his way to the Bowery, on which, at the corner of Bayard Street, the New England Hotel stands. This is a very respectable inn, and by its fair accommodations and moderate prices attracts a large number of patrons.Entering, Paul advanced to the desk."Is Mr. D. L. Meacham in?" he asked, referring to the card given him by the superintendent."Here he is!" replied, not the clerk to whom the[7] question was addressed, but a tall, elderly man with gray hair, clad in a rusty suit, evidently a gentleman from the rural districts."Are you the telegraph boy?" he asked."Yes, sir.""I want to go down to the ferry to take the train to Philadelphia.""All right, sir. Is this your valise?" asked Paul, pointing to a shabby traveling bag that might, from its appearance, have been used by Noah when he was on board the ark."Yes, that's mine.""Do you want to start now, Mr. Meacham?""Well, I might as well. I hain't got nothing to keep me here. How fur is it?""About a mile. Perhaps a little more."Paul took the valise in his hand, and went out of the hotel, followed by the old man."Do you know the way all round here, sonny?" he asked."Yes, sir."

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