THE STARRY FLAG SERIES,
BY OLIVER OPTIC.
| I. | THE STARRY FLAG;or, The Young Fisherman of Cape Ann. |
| II. | FREAKS OF FORTUNE;or, Half round the World. |
| III. | BREAKING AWAY;or, The Fortunes of a Student. |
| IV. | SEEK AND FIND;or, The Adventures of a Smart Boy. |
| V. | MAKE OR BREAK;or, The Rich Man's Daughter. |
| VI. | DOWN THE RIVER;or, Buck Bradford and his Tyrants. |
THE BANKER'S PRIVATE OFFICE.—Page 199.
MAKE OR BREAK;
OR,
THE RICH MAN'S DAUGHTER.
BY
OLIVER OPTIC,
AUTHOR OF "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD," "THE ARMY AND NAVY STORIES,"
"THE WOODVILLE STORIES," "THE BOAT-CLUB STORIES,"
"THE RIVERDALE STORIES," ETC.
BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
WILLIAM T. ADAMS,
In the Clerks Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
Copyright, 1896, by William T. Adams.
All rights reserved.
MAKE OR BREAK.
TO
My Young Friend
KATE V. AUSTIN
IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
"Make or Break," is the fifth of the serial stories published in "Our Boys and Girls"—a magazine which has become so much the pet of the author, that he never sits down to write a story for it without being impressed by a very peculiar responsibility. Twenty thousand youthful faces seem to surround him, crying out for something that will excite their minds, and thrill their very souls, while a calmer, holier voice, speaking in the tones of divine command, breathes gently forth, "Feed my lambs."
The lambs will not eat dry husks; they loathe the tasteless morsel which well-meaning sectarians offer them, and hunger for that which will warm their hearts and stir their blood. The heart may be warmed, and the blood may be stirred, without corrupting the moral nature. The writer has endeavored to meet this demand in this way, and he is quite sure that the patient, striving, toiling Leo, and the gentle, self-sacrificing, and devoted Maggie, do nothing in th