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The Boy Scout

by Richard Harding Davis

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First published
1914
Pages
18
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Ten cents for a cinema ticket sends Jimmie Reeder onto a hot road with a heavy suitcase. The young New York office boy, who helps support his mother and sister, is heading for Scout camp on Hunter's Island. He gives Sadie the money he can save by walking part of the route, then struggles with what accepting a motorist's lift would mean for his daily good turn.

Richard Harding Davis builds this short tale around the practical consequences of kindness. Jimmie's earnest reasoning challenges the driver, while scenes among stockbrokers and clerks bring generosity into the working world. A couple preparing for a sea voyage consider sharing their comfortable flat with newly married relatives enduring the city heat. Humorous conversation and concrete details of fares, rooms and luggage give the moral theme an everyday scale, making the story useful for readers interested in how small acts affect other people.

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Richard Harding Davis

Richard Harding Davis was an American reporter, fiction writer, and playwright whose energetic accounts helped define the public image of the foreign correspondent at the turn of the twentieth century.

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Book facts

First published
1914
Reading time
About 25 minutes
Pages
18
Language
English
Formats
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