Struggling
Upward or, Luke Larkin's Luck. by Horatio Alger - book
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ILLUSTRATED Poor country boy Luke Larkin loses his job and is falsely
implicated in a bank robbery. Aka: Secret Small Box, A Brave Boy's Purpose. In
the Way to Success Series.
Luke Larkin and his widowed mother manage to
survive on her sewing income and Luke's wages his janitor position in school.
However, Squire Duncan, the president of the local bank, holds a mortgage on
their property. One day, a stranger mysteriously gives Luke a tin box to
keep for him. Soon it is learned that the local bank had been robbed of a tin
box containing government bonds. A spying neighbor, Miss Sprague, sees the tin
box in Mrs. Larkin's upstairs trunk and reports this to the authorities. Luke
is arrested and charged with theft. Luke must find evidence to prove him
innocent, and find the real thief as well.
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