Cast Upon the Breakers

Publisher Marketing: "Well, good by, Rodney! I leave school tomorrow. I am going to learn a trade." "I am sorry to part with you, David. Couldn't you stay another term?" "No: my uncle says I must be earning my living, and I have a chance to learn the carpenter's trade." "Where are you going?" "To Duffield, some twenty miles away. I wish I were in your shoes. You have no money cares, and can go on quietly and complete your education." "I don't know how I am situated, David. I only know that my guardian pays my expenses at this boarding school." "Yes, you are a star boarder, and have the nicest room in the institution. I am only a poor day scholar. Still I feel thankful that I have been allowed to remain as long as I have. Who is your guardian?" "A Mr. Benjamin Fielding, of New York." "Is he a business man?" "I believe so." "Do you know how much you will inherit when you come of age?" asked David, after a short pause. "I haven't an idea." "It seems to me your guardian ought to have told you." "I scarcely know my guardian. Five years ago I spent a week at his home. I don't remember much about it except that he lives in a handsome house, and has plenty of servants. Since then, as you know, I have passed most of my time here, except that in the summer I was allowed to board at the Catskills or any country place I might select." Contributor Bio:  Alger, Horatio, Jr A graduate of Duke with his PhD in higher education management from the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Boston is President of the American Public University System. A Board Member of the Education Alliance promoting public/private partnerships serving K-12 public schools, he is a member of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education, the Advisory Board of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, the Arizona State University Education Innovation Advisory Board, and Avalere Health, LLC.