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The Works of Rudyard Kipling (1); Captains Courageous
The Works of Rudyard Kipling Captains Courageous - 1 Author:Rudyard Kipling Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1897 Original Publisher: The Century co. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com wh... more »ere you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: His father turned where he sat and thrust out a long hand. " You know as well as I do that I can't make anything of you if you don't act straight by me. I can handle you alone if you 'll stay alone, but I don't pretend to manage both you and mama. Life 's too short, anyway." " Don't make me out much of a fellow, does it?" " I guess it was my fault a good deal; but if you want the truth, you have n't been much of anything up to date. Now, have you ? " " Umm! Disko thinks . . . Say, what d' you reckon it 's cost you to raise me from the start -- first last and all over ? " Cheyne smiled. "I Ve never kept track, but I should estimate, in dollars and cents, nearer fifty than forty thousand ; maybe sixty. The young generation comes high. It has to have things, and it tires of 'em, and -- the old man foots the bill." Harvey whistled, but at heart he was rather pleased to think that his upbringing had cost so much. " And all that 's sunk capital, is n't it?" " Invested, Harve. Invested, I hope." " Making it only thirty thousand, the thirty " His Father Turned Where He Sat And Thrust Out A Long Hand. ' You Know As Well As I Do That I Can't Make Anything Of You If You Don't Act Straight By Me.'" I 've earned is about ten cents on the hundred. That's a mighty poor catch." Harvey wagged his head solemnly. Cheyne laughed till he nearly fell off the pile into the water. " Disko has got a heap more than that out of Dan since he was ten ; and Dan 's at school half the year, too." " Oh, that 's what you 're after, is it ? " " No. I 'm not after anything. I ...« less