HELPING HIMSELF

Or

Grant Thornton's Ambition

By HORATIO ALGER, JR.

NEW YORK






HELPING HIMSELF

CHAPTER I

THE MINISTER'S SON





"I wish we were not so terribly poor, Grant," said Mrs. Thornton, in
a discouraged tone.

"Is there anything new that makes you say so, mother?" answered the
boy of fifteen, whom she addressed.