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TheCashBoyTheCashBoyBYHoratioAlger,Jr.1TheCashBoyPREFACE``TheCashBoy,''byHoratioAlger,Jr.,asthenameimplies,isastoryaboutaboyandforboys.Throughsomeconspiracy,theheroofthestorywhenababy,wastakenfromhisrelativesandgivenintothecareofakindwoman.Notknowinghisname,shegavehimherhusband'sname,FrankFowler.Shehadonelittledaughter,Grace,andshowingnopartialityinthetreatmentofherchildren,Frankneversuspectedthatshewasnothissister.However,atthedeathofMrs.Fowler,allthiswasrelatedtoFrank.Thechildrenwereleftaloneintheworld.ItseemedasthoughtheywouldhavetogotothepoorhousebutFrankcouldnotbecomereconciledtothat.AkindneighboragreedtocareforGrace,soFrankdecidedtostartoutintheworldtomakehisway.Hehadmanydisappointmentsandhardships,butthroughhiskindnesstoanoldman,hisownrelativesandrightnamewererevealedtohim.2TheCashBoyCHAPTERIAREVELATIONAgroupofboyswasassembledinanopenfieldtothewestofthepublicschoolhouseinthetownofCrawford.Mostofthemheldhatsintheirhands,whiletwo,stationedsixtyfeetdistantfromeachother,were``havingcatch.''TomPinkerton,sonofDeaconPinkerton,hadjustreturnedfromBrooklyn,andwhiletherehadwitnessedamatchgamebetweentwoprofessionalclubs.OnhisreturnheproposedthattheboysofCrawfordshouldestablishaclub,tobeknownastheExcelsiorClubofCrawford,toplayamongthemselves,andonsuitableoccasionstochallengeclubsbelongingtoothervillages.Thisproposalwasreceivedwithinstantapproval.``ImovethatTomPinkertonaddressthemeeting,''saidoneboy.``Secondthemotion,''saidanother.Astherewasnochairman,JamesBriggswasappointedtothatposition,andputthemotion,whichwasunanimouslycarried.TomPinkerton,inhisownestimationapersonageofconsiderableimportance,cameforwardinaconsequentialmanner,andcommencedasfollows:``Mr.Chairmanandboys.Youallknowwhathasbroughtustogether.Wewanttostartaclubforplayingbaseball,likethebigclubstheyhaveinBrooklynandNewYork.''``Howshallwedoit?''askedHenryScott.``Wemustfirstappointacaptainoftheclub,whowillhavepowertoassignthememberstotheirdifferentposit
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