Horatio Alger

“ Meanwhile Frank and Grace received a cordial welcome at the house of Mr. Pomeroy. Sam and Frank were intimate friends, and our hero had been in the habit of calling frequently, and it seemed homelike.
"I wish you could stay with us all the time, Frank --you and Grace," said Sam one evening.
"We should all like it," said Mr. Pomeroy, "but we cannot always have what we want. If I had it in my power to offer Frank any employment which it would be worth his while to follow, it might do. But he has got his way to make in the world. Have you formed any plans yet, Frank?" ”

“ Pomeroy's."
"How soon are you going to the poorhouse to live?"
"Who told you I was going?"
"My father."
"Then your father's mistaken."
"Ain't you a pauper?" said Tom, insolently. "You haven't got any money."
"I have got hands to earn money, and I am going to try." ”