THE MAKING OF BOBBY BURNIT

 A man and woman sit on a sofa and read a letter.

I’m in for some of the severest drubbings of my life

 

THE MAKING OF
BOBBY BURNIT
Being a Record of the Adventuresof a Live American Young Man

By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER
Author of
“Get Rich Quick Wallingford,” “The Cash Intrigue,” Etc.

Device

With Four Illustrations
By JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG
and F. R. GRUGER

A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York

 

DEDICATION

To the Handicapped Sons of Able
Fathers, and the Handicapped
Fathers of Able Sons,
with Sympathy for
each, and a
Smile for
both

 THE MAKING
OF BOBBY BURNIT

CHAPTER I
BOBBY MAKES SOME IMPORTANT PREPARATIONS FOR ACOMMERCIAL LIFE

“I am profoundly convinced that my son is a fool,”read the will of old John Burnit. “I am, however,also convinced that I allowed him to becomeso by too much absorption in my own affairs andtoo little in his, and, therefore, his being a fool ishereditary; consequently, I feel it my duty, first, togive him a fair trial at making his own way, andsecond, to place the balance of my fortune in suchtrust that he can not starve. The trusteeship is alreadycreated and the details are nobody’s presentbusiness. My son Robert will take over the JohnBurnit Store and personally conduct it, as his only resource,without further question as to what else Imay have left behind me. This is my last will and testament.”

That is how cheerful Bobby Burnit, with no <

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