
Do and Dare
A Brave Boy's Fight for FortuneBy Jr. Horatio AlgerLength5h 58m
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Hero Herbert Carr is the son of a war widow who had assumed her husband's place as postmaster of the small rural town in Waynesboro. Widow Carr is upset because Squire Walsingham is using his political influence to take the post away from the widow to put into the hands of his nephew, Ebenezer Graham, the local miser and shopkeeper. Walsingham succeeds in his efforts and the post is given to Mr. Graham. Since Mr. Graham is uncertain of how to run a post office, he offers to hire Herbert for a pittance to run things until he learns what must be done. However, Mr. Graham's son, Eben Graham, a fop/spendthrift, returns from Boston where he had been a shop clerk. Fired because of his own arrogance, he returns home seeking employment. Mr. Graham fires Herbert and hires his son.
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GenreChildren's Literature
Length5 hrs 58 mins
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Publish dateJun 20, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1DO AND DARE or A BRAVE BOY’S FIGHT FOR FORTUNE
21CHAPTER XX. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE IN CHICAGO.
2CHAPTER I. THE POST OFFICE AT WAYNEBORO.
22CHAPTER XXI. COL. WARNER.
3CHAPTER II. HERBERT’S CHANCE.
23CHAPTER XXII. A MOUNTAIN STAGE.
4CHAPTER III. A PRODIGAL SON.
24CHAPTER XXIII. A STARTLING REVELATION.
5CHAPTER IV. HERBERT LOSES HIS PLACE.
25CHAPTER XXIV. A MORNING WALK.
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6CHAPTER V. EBEN’S SCHEME.
26CHAPTER XXV. MELVILLE MAKES A SENSATION.
7CHAPTER VI. HERBERT’S GOOD LUCK.
27CHAPTER XXVI. A COUNCIL OF WAR.
8CHAPTER VII. EBEN GROWS ENVIOUS.
28CHAPTER XXVII. COL. WARNER CHANGES FRONT.
9CHAPTER VIII. EBEN’S ASSURANCE.
29CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CONSPIRATORS IN COUNCIL.
10CHAPTER IX. THE SOLITARY FARMHOUSE.
30CHAPTER XXIX. A NEW HOME IN THE WOODS.
11CHAPTER X. AN EXCITING SCENE.
31CHAPTER XXX. A TERRIBLE MOMENT.
12CHAPTER XI. TRIED FOR THEFT.
32CHAPTER XXXI. JACK HOLDEN ON THE INDIAN QUESTION.
13CHAPTER XII. EBEN’S TRUMP CARD.
33CHAPTER XXXII. THE BLAZING STAR MINE.
14CHAPTER XIII. EBEN’S LAST HOPE FAILS.
34CHAPTER XXXIII. GOOD NEWS FROM THE MINE.
15CHAPTER XIV. A TRIP TO BOSTON.
35CHAPTER XXXIV. TWO OLD ACQUAINTANCES REAPPEAR.
16CHAPTER XV. AN OBLIGING GUIDE.
36CHAPTER XXXV. MELVILLE IN PERIL.
17CHAPTER XVI. A NEW BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL.
37CHAPTER XXXVI. THE MINE IS SOLD.
18CHAPTER XVII. AN ACCEPTABLE PRESENT.
38CHAPTER XXXVII. TO THE RESCUE.
19CHAPTER XVIII. A THIEF IN TROUBLE.
39CHAPTER XXXVIII. CONCLUSION.
20CHAPTER XIX. EBENEZER GRAHAM’S GRIEF.