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The Telegraph Messenger Boy; or, the Straight Road to Success
The opening of the novel introduces Ben Mayberry as he floats on a log down a river, drawing taunts and stones from wealthier boys on the bank, leading to a confrontation.
"The Telegraph Messenger Boy; Or, The Straight Road to Success" by Edward S. Ellis is a novel. The opening of the novel introduces Ben Mayberry as he floats on a log down a river, drawing taunts and stones from wealthier boys on the bank, leading to a confrontation.
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I made the acquaintance of Ben Mayberry under peculiar circumstances. I had charge of the Western Union’s telegraph office in Damietta, where my duties were of the most exacting nature. I was kept hard at work through the winter months, and more of it crowded on me during the spring than I could manage with comfort.
I strolled to the river bank one summer afternoon, and was sauntering lazily along when I noticed a young urchin, who was floating down-stream on a log, which had probably drifted thither from the lumber regions above. 2 The boy was standing upright, with a grin of delight on his face, and he probably found more real enjoyment in floating down-stream in this style than any excursionist could obtain in a long voyage on a palace steamer.
He had on an old straw hat, through the crown of which his brown hair protruded in several directions; his pantaloons were held up by a single suspender, skewered through them in front by a tenpenny nail—an arrangement which caused the garments to hang in a lopsided fashion to his shoulders. He was barefooted, and his trousers were rolled up to his knees. He wore no coat nor vest, and his shirt was of the coarsest muslin, but it was quite clean.
Contents
- 01Chapter I
- 02On a Log
- 03Chapter II
- 04The Collision
- 05Chapter III
- 06The Office Boy
- 07Chapter IV
- 08A Message in the Night
- 09Chapter V
- 10In Storm and Darkness
- 11Chapter VI
- 12“Tell Mother I Am All Right”
- 13Chapter VII
- 14A Thrilling Voyage
- 15Chapter VIII
- 16The Cipher Telegram
- 17Chapter IX
- 18The Translation
- 19Chapter X
- 20Farmer Jones
- 21Chapter XI
- 22The Value of Courtesy
- 23Chapter XII
- 24A Call
- 25Chapter XIII
- 26At the Grandin Mansion
- 27Chapter XIV
- 28The Conspiracy
- 29Chapter XV
- 30An Affray at Night
- 31Chapter XVI
- 32The Third Telegram
- 33Chapter XVII
- 34Decidedly Mixed
- 35Chapter XVIII
- 36Between Two Fires
- 37Chapter XIX
- 38Baffled!
- 39Chapter XX
- 40Watching and Waiting
- 41Chapter XXI
- 42“Lay Low!”
- 43Chapter XXII
- 44The Battle of Life
- 45Chapter XXIII
- 46Face to Face
- 47Chapter XXIV
- 48Startling Discoveries
- 49Chapter XXV
- 50In the Nick of Time
- 51Chapter XXVI
- 52Conclusion
About this edition
- Author
- Edward Sylvester Ellis
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 137 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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