Finding a
Fortune. by Horatio Alger - book
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ILLUSTRATED Fifteen year old Harry Gilbert worked in a grocery to support his
widowed mother, but lost his job to the storekeeper's relative. In addition,
Harry suffered insults from a wealthy family due to his impecunious state.
After escaping a trick trap set by his tormentors, Harry discovers a tin box
that changed his life. Aka: The Tin Box and What it Contained.
Harry Gilbert, a cheerful fifteen-year-old,
lives with his widowed mother in Greenville, not far from New York City. He
supports his mother by working in a grocery store, but loses his job when the
store owner hires his nephew to replace him. Now poor, he becomes the target
of Philip Reed, the son of a wealthy Colonel, who continually antagonizes
Harry. Meanwhile, Philip’s own relative, Obed Wilkins, comes to visit the
Reeds. They treat him poorly, thinking him penniless. But Harry’s family shows
Obed respect, inviting him into their home. Philip, anxious to get even,
lures Harry into the woods and ties him up. Harry manages to escape, and on
the way home stumbles upon two hoodlums burying a tin of government bonds.
Suspecting that the bonds are stolen, Harry alerts a detective to their
presence and receives a monetary reward in bonds.
Meanwhile, Philip Reed has stolen a different set of bonds from his father to
pay back his own debts. He implicates Harry in the crime, and Harry must prove
his innocence, despite the fact that his recently acquired bonds show up in a
search of his family’s property.
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