The Holiday--The Coppers in Benjamin Franklin's Pocket--Inquiry-- Bounding Out--The Toy-Shop Then and Now--The Boy and his Whistle--Resolved to Purchase--The Bargain--Going Home--Making Music--Discussion about the Price--A Pocketful of Good Things-- Benjamin crying over his Whistle--A Benefit--What Franklin said of it Sixty Years after--Boys do not Learn from the Past--Other Ways of paying too dear for a Whistle--Deceit and Falsehood-- Tippling--Worldly Pleasure 1-8 CHAPTER II. AT SCHOOL. Talk about School--Brothers at Trades--Benjamin for the Church-- Early learned to Read--Long Process of Preparation for the Ministry--"Uncle Benjamin's" Remarks and Offer--Who is "Uncle Benjamin"--A Hundred Years Ago--When Benjamin was Born--Baptized on Same Day he was Born--The Record--Description of his Birthplace-- Early Love of Books--His Father's Violin--Poor but Industrious-- Seventeen Children--Decision to Enter School--Where it was, and by Whom kept--His Rapid Progress--Mr. Franklin's Trust in Providence-- At the Head of his Class--The Boy Father to the Man--Daniel Webster--David Rittenhouse and George Stephenson--Hopes of Benjamin 9-18 CHAPTER III. A CHANGE. Conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Franklin--Decision to Remove Benjamin from School--Trials of Ministers--Bread before Learning--Subject opened to Benjamin--His Feelings--Character of Schools then--Mr. Brownwell's Writing-school--Benjamin's Obedience--His Father Strict--Keeping the Sabbath--Lore and Respect for his Father--Rebuking the Inquisitive Landlord--Erecting Marble Stone to the Memory of his Parents--The Stone replaced by Citizens of Boston--Obedience of the Peel Boys--Harry Garland--Stephenson's Noble Act to his Parents--The Eight Brothers at Inauguration of the Franklin Statue--Progress in Penmanship--Beloved by Teacher 19-28 CHAPTER IV. MAKING CANDLES. Put to Candle-making at Ten Years of Age--His Father a Tallow- chandler--Benjamin opposed to it--Importance of Industry--His Father's Hive without Drones--Benjamin's Maxims about Industry in Later Life--"The used key always bright."--"Diligence the Mother of Good Luck"--Bad Luck--Bible View--No Schooling after Ten Years of Age--Cutting Candle-wicks--Where was the Shop--Benjamin desires to go to Sea--His Mother's Veto--An Older Brother went to Sea--Talk with his Father--His Father's Veto--Promise of another Pursuit-- Respect for a Paternal "No"--His Sports on the Water--No Prospect of Fame--Giotti Marking in the Sand--Webster's Pocket-handkerchief-- Roger Sherman at his Bench--Boys not excused from School by these Examples--Benefit of a Little Knowledge--Saved Benjamin Russell in Thunder-storm--How Stephenson felt for his Son 29-43 CHAPTER V. THE ROGUE'S WHARF.