Up the Ladder

About this eBook

Author

Leslie, Madeline, 1815-1893

Title

Up the ladder; or, striving and thriving

Original Publication

United States: Young & Bartlett, 1863.

Credits

an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer.

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Alcoholics -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

70168

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70168

Release Date

February 28, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1. — — THE LESLIE STORIES. — UP THE LADDER; — OR,
2. 2.STRIVING AND THRIVING. — BY — MRS. MADELINE LESLIE. — AUTHOR OF "TWO HOMES," — "ROBIN'S NEST STORIES," — "TIM THE SCISSORS GRINDER," ETC. ETC. — "The hand of the diligent maketh rich." — "The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor." — BOSTON: — YOUNG & BARTLETT. — 26 SCHOOL STREET. — Entered, according to Act of Congress, In the year 1863, — By A. R. BAKER, — In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. — ELECTROTYPED BY — W. F. DRAPER, ANDOVER, MASS. — To — MY SON WILLIAM, — WHO IS JUST ENTERING ON THE DUTIES OF ACTIVE LIFE, — THIS LITTLE VOLUME — IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY HIS — Loving Mother, — IN THE HOPE THAT THE EXAMPLE OF ITS HERO MAY INSPIRE IN HIM — THE VIRTUES WHICH WILL ENSURE SUCCESS. — CONTENTS.
3. 3.UP THE LADDER; — OR, — STRIVING AND THRIVING. — CHAPTER I. — HARRISON AND ELLA. — "Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work." — CHAPTER II. — THE OYSTER-SALOON. — "If any will not work, neither shall he eat." — CHAPTER III. — THE NEW BONNET. — "He that loveth pleasure, shall be a poor man." — CHAPTER IV. — HARRISON IN TROUBLE. — "The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty." — — CHAPTER V. — HARRISON IN AFFLICTION. — "Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep." — CHAPTER VI. — HARRISON'S NEW HOME. — "But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel." — CHAPTER VII. — HONEST COWLES. — "Work with your own hands, that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing." — CHAPTER VIII. — HARRISON LEAVING SCHOOL. — "The Lord . . . . blesseth the habitation of the just." — CHAPTER IX. — HARRISON BECOMING A MERCHANT. — "In all thy ways acknowledge Him; and He shall direct thy paths." — CHAPTER X. — THE SECRET PARTNER. — "It is joy to the just to do judgment; but destruction shall be to the worker of iniquity." — CHAPTER XI. — HARRISON'S STORY. — "Be sure your sins will find you out." — — CHAPTER XII. — HARRISON'S REWARD. — "The hand of the diligent maketh rich." — CHAPTER XIII. — ALFRED A SAILOR. — "The expectation of the wicked shall perish." — — CHAPTER XIV. — THE PARTED SHIP. — "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in time of trouble." — CHAPTER XV. — FRANK'S RETURN HOME. — "For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found." — CHAPTER XVI. — THE CONCLUSION. — "Seest thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men."

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