Horatio Alger

“ He would have taken no notice of him, but concluded to speak in the hope of saying something disagreeable.
"You have found a new business, I see," he said, with a sneer.
"Yes," said Robert, quietly. "When one business gives out, I try another."
"You've made a good choice," said Halbert. "It's what you are adapted for."
"Thank you for the compliment, but I don't expect to stick to it all my life."
"How do you sell your berries?"
"Ten cents a quart."
"You'd better call on your friend, Miss Hester Paine, and see if she won't buy some." ”

“ I say," he called out, as Robert was going on, "if you will call at our house, perhaps my mother may patronize you."
"Very well," said Robert, "if I don't sell elsewhere, I'll call there. It makes no difference to me who buys my berries,"
"He's the proudest beggar I ever met," thought Halbert, looking after him. "Hester Paine must be hard up for an escort if she walks with a boy who peddles berries for a living. ”

“ Robert was very different. He inherited from his father an unusual amount of courage and self-reliance, and if one avenue was closed to him, he at once set out to find another. It is of this class that successful men are made, and we have hopes that Robert will develop into a prosperous and successful man. ”