Transcriber's note: Unusual and inconsistent spelling is as printed.
THE LESLIE STORIES.
UP THE LADDER;
OR,
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.
HARRISON AND ELLA
"Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work."
OYSTER-SALOON
"If any will not work, neither shall he eat."
THE NEW BONNET
"He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man."
HARRISON IN TROUBLE
"The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty."
HARRISON IN AFFLICTION
"Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep."
HARRISON'S NEW HOME
"But if any provide not for his own, especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."
HONEST COWLES
"Work with your hands, that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing."
HARRISON LEAVING SCHOOL
"The Lord blesseth the habitation of the just."
HARRISON BECOMING A MERCHANT
"In all thy ways acknowledge him; and he will direct thy paths."
THE SECRET PARTNER
"It is joy to the just to do judgment; but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity."
HARRISON'S STORY
"Be sure your sin will find you out."
HARRISON'S REWARD
"The hand of the diligent maketh rich."
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