{"product_id":"2940013265417","title":"RISEN FROM THE RANKS","description":"CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHARRY WALTON.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I am sorry to part with you, Harry,\" said Professor Henderson.  \"You\u003cbr\u003ehave been a very satisfactory and efficient assistant, and I shall\u003cbr\u003emiss you.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thank you, sir,\" said Harry.  \"I have tried to be faithful to your\u003cbr\u003einterests.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You have been so,\" said the Professor emphatically.  \"I have had\u003cbr\u003eperfect confidence in you, and this has relieved me of a great deal\u003cbr\u003eof anxiety.  It would have been very easy for one in your position to\u003cbr\u003echeat me out of a considerable sum of money.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It was no credit to me to resist such a temptation as that,\" said\u003cbr\u003eHarry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I am glad to hear you say so, but it shows your inexperience\u003cbr\u003enevertheless.  Money is the great tempter nowadays.  Consider how\u003cbr\u003emany defalcations and breaches of trust we read of daily in\u003cbr\u003econfidential positions, and we are forced to conclude that honesty is\u003cbr\u003ea rarer virtue than we like to think it.  I have every reason to\u003cbr\u003ebelieve that my assistant last winter purloined, at the least, a\u003cbr\u003ehundred dollars, but I was unable to prove it, and submitted to the\u003cbr\u003eloss.  It may be the same next winter.  Can't I induce you to change\u003cbr\u003eyour resolution, and remain in my employ?  I will advance your pay.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thank you, Professor Henderson,\" said Harry gratefully.  \"I\u003cbr\u003eappreciate your offer, even if I do not accept it.  But I have made\u003cbr\u003eup mind to learn the printing business.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You are to enter the office of the 'Centreville Gazette,' I believe.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, sir.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How much pay will you get?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I shall receive my board the first month, and for the next six\u003cbr\u003emonths have agreed to take two dollars a week and board.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That won't pay your expenses.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It must,\" said Harry, firmly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You have laid up some money while with me, haven't you!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, sir; I have fifty dollars in my pocket-book, besides having\u003cbr\u003egiven eighty dollars at home.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That is doing well, but you won't be able to lay up anything for the\u003cbr\u003enext year.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Perhaps not in money, but I shall be gaining the knowledge of a good\u003cbr\u003etrade.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And you like that better than remaining with me, and learning my\u003cbr\u003ebusiness?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes, sir.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082463297776,"sku":"2940013265417","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013265417_p0.jpg?v=1763578932","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013265417","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}