Cast Upon the Breakers

by Horatio Alger

CHAPTER I.

A FAITHLESS GUARDIAN.

"Well, good by, Rodney!  I leave school tomorrow.  I am going tolearn a trade."

"I am sorry to part with you, David.  Couldn\'t you stay another term?"

"No: my uncle says I must be earning my living, and I have a chance to learn the carpenter\'s trade."

"Where are you going?"