Copyright, 1888. By A. L. BURT.


TOM TEMPLE’S CAREER.

By Horatio Alger, Jr.


TOM TEMPLE’S CAREER.


CHAPTER I
NATHAN MIDDLETON.

ON THE main street, in the town of Plympton, stood a two-story house, with a narrow lawn in front. It had a stiff, staid look of decorum, as if no children were ever allowed to create disorder within its precincts, or interfere with its settled regularity. It appeared to be a place of business as well as a residence, for there was a thin plate on one side of the front door, bearing the name of