Driven from Home

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - A boy of sixteen with a small gripsack in his hand trudged along the country road. He was of good height for his age strongly built and had a frank attractive face. He was naturally of a cheerful temperament but at present his face was grave and not without a shade of anxiety. This can hardly be a matter of surprise when we consider that he was thrown upon his own resources and that his available capital consisted of thirty-seven cents in money in addition to a good education and a rather unusual amount of physical strength. These last two items were certainly valuable but they cannot always be exchanged for the necessa-ries and comforts of life