LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| "How much did you give for your Whistle?" | [Frontispiece] |
| Medallion of Benjamin Franklin | [Vignette Title] |
| The Rogue's Wharf | [Page 44] |
| The Mysterious Contributor | [123] |
| Franklin Saving the Dutchman | [149] |
| Miss Read's first Glimpse of her future Husband | [162] |
| Anecdote of Dr. Mather and Franklin—Humility "beaten in!" | [186] |
| "Sawdust Pudding"—Anecdote of Franklin's Independence | [242] |
THE PRINTER-BOY.
CHAPTER I.
THE WHISTLE.
It was a bright, welcome holiday to little Benjamin Franklin, when his kind parents put some coppers into his pocket, to spend as he saw fit. Possibly it was the first time he was ever permitted to go out alone into the streets of Boston with money to spend for his own pleasure; for he was now but seven years old.
"Can I have more coppers when these are gone?" he inquired.