Preface

The Cash Boy

by Horatio Alger

"The Cash Boy," by Horatio Alger, Jr., as the name implies, is a
story about a boy and for boys.

Through some conspiracy, the hero of the story when a baby, was
taken from his relatives and given into the care of a kind woman.

Not knowing his name, she gave him her husband's name, Frank
Fowler. She had one little daughter, Grace, and showing no
partiality in the treatment of her children, Frank never suspected
that she was not his sister. However, at the death of Mrs. Fowler,
all this was related to Frank.

The children were left alone in the world. It seemed as though
they would have to go to the poorhouse but Frank could not become
reconciled to that.

A kind neighbor agreed to care for Grace, so Frank decided to
start out in the world to make his way.

He had many disappointments and hardships, but through his
kindness to an old man, his own relatives and right name were
revealed to him.