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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Do and Dare, by Horatio Alger, Jr. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Do and Dare A Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune Author: Horatio Alger, Jr. Release Date: May, 2004 [EBook #5747] Posting Date: March 27, 2009 Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DO AND DARE *** Produced by Carrie Fellman DO AND DARE or A BRAVE BOY'S FIGHT FOR FORTUNE By Horatio Alger, Jr. NEW YORK CHAPTER I. THE POST OFFICE AT WAYNEBORO. "If we could only keep the post office, mother, we should be all right," said Herbert Carr, as he and his mother sat together in the little sitting room of the plain cottage which the two had occupied ever since he was a boy of five. "Yes, Herbert, but I am afraid there won't be much chance of it." "Who would want to take it from you, mother?" "Men are selfish, Herbert, and there is no office, however small, that is not sought after." "What was the income last year?" inquired Herbert. Mrs. Carr referred to a blank book lying on the table in which the post-office accounts were kept, and answered: "Three hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty cents." "I shouldn't think that would be much of an inducement to an able-bodied man, who could work at any business." "Your father was glad to have it." "Yes, mother, but he had lost an arm in the war, and could not engage in any business that required both hands." "That is true, Herbert, but I am afraid there will be more than one who will be willing to relieve me of the duties. Old Mrs. Allen called at the office to-day, and told me she understood that there was a movement on foot to have Ebenezer Graham appointed." "Squire Walsingham's nephew?" "Yes; it is understood that the squire will throw his influence into the scale, and that will probably decide the matter." "Then it's very mean of Squire Walsingham," said Herbert, indignantly. "He knows that you depend on the office for a living." "Most men are selfish, my dear Herbert." "But he was an old schoolfellow of father's, and it was as his substitute that father went to the war where he was wounded." "True, Herber
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