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Try and Trust Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy is a juvenile fiction novel written by Jr. Horatio Alger, author of Author Of “Paul The Peddler,” “From Farm Boy To Senator,” “Slow And Sure,” Etc.

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Mr. Stanton was a vain, worldly man. He was anxious to obtain an entrance into the best society. For this reason, he made it a point to send his children to the most expensive schools; trusting to their forming fashionable acquaintances, through whom his whole family might obtain recognition into those select circles for which he cherished a most undemocratic respect. For this reason it was that, though not naturally liberal, he had opened his purse willingly at the demands of Mrs. Stanton and Tom.