Poor And Proud Or the Fortunes of Katy Redburn a Story for Young Folks
The book Poor And Proud Or the Fortunes of Katy Redburn a Story for Young Folks was written by author William T William Taylor Adams Here you can read free online of Poor And Proud Or the Fortunes of Katy Redburn a Story for Young Folks book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Poor And Proud Or the Fortunes of Katy Redburn a Story for Young Folks a good or bad book?
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She declared that she knew what dangers were in her way, and that she could resist all the temptations that beset her. Whatever views the mother had, there seemed to be no opportunity to carry them out, for by Katy's labors they were fed, clothed, and housed. She was her mother's only support, and the candy trade, perilous as it was, could not be given up. Katy did not desire to abandon the business she had built up, for she was proud of her achievement. She was resolved to be good and true, an...d to her it did not seem half so perilous as to others. She had even indulged some thoughts of enlarging her business. Why could she not have a shop, and sell candy on a counter as well as in the street? She mentioned this idea to her mother, who was sure the shop could not succeed, for she was 122 POOR AND PROUD, OR aware that her daughter's winning manners were more than half her stock in trade, and that her large sales resulted from carrying the candy to hundreds of people who did not want it enough to go after it.
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