Store Boy Author:Horatio Alger Ben Barclay checked the horse he was driving and looked attentively at the speaker. He was a stout-built dark-complexioned man with a beard of a week¿s growth wearing an old and dirty suit which would have reduced any tailor to despair if taken to him for cleaning and repairs. A loose hat with a torn crown surmounted a singularly ill-favor... more »ed visage.« less