[Risen from the Ranks by Horatio Alger, Jr.]@TWC D-Link bookRisen from the Ranks CHAPTER XXXI 9/9
Anderson. "I shall charge nothing, sir," said Harry, "but thank you for the opportunity of entering, if only for a short time, a profession to which it is my ambition to belong." After a brief consultation with his wife, Mr.Anderson appointed Harry editor pro tem., and began to make arrangements for his journey.
Harry's weekly wages were raised to fifteen dollars, out of which he waa to pay Ferguson four dollars a week for board. So our hero found himself, at nineteen, the editor of an old established paper, which, though published in a country village, was not without its share of influence in the county and State..
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