Frank Merriwell's Nobility; Or, The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp

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om the pier and was fairly started en

f five persons, three of whom had given ut

fs, bidding farewell to their five friends and acquaintances on the steamer.

ell. Those around him were Bruce Browning, Jack Di

h up with his class and pass examinations on re-entering college in the fall. And he had broug

poverty to leave dear old Yale, but he had faced the world bravely, and he ha

ability, and while working on the railroad he had forced his way upward step b

osition on the railroad, and once more he w

d struck out once more. He kept his mouth shut and his eyes open. The first honorable thin

bility, but that was not the only thing that won success for him. He had courage, push, det

ould about the stage and about acting by talking with the memb

d company to which he belonged. He had seen good acting enough to be able to distinguish between the goo

actor ever becomes really and truly great that does not have a clear and distinct enunciation and a correct pronunciation. That is the

up on "Traditions of the Stage," and he came to kn

. He found books of criticism on plays and playwriting, and he mastered t

d this not been so, he might have studied forever and still never been able to write a successful play.

success. Frank played the le

ther play, written previously. The author and owner of the other play called on the law to "protect" him. An

ced him that it was almost certain he would be d

rew "Joh

e believed he could write another. Already he had one skeletonized. The frame wor

lity who writes of that with which he is familiar stands a good chance of making a success. Young and inexperienc

away from home f

himself down to find out why it was not a success. He did not look at it as th

n general did not understand the title, "For Old El

He called it, "True Blue:

proved

, and introduced a mechanical effect that was very ingenious. And when t

atched succes

the tide fairly turns his way, then everything seems to come to him. The things which seemed so far away and s

going back to college some time, but that time ha

ered in the Utah Desert. Investigation had shown that there were no living relatives of the

ousing welcome. And now he had made plans to return to college in the fall, while his

ots, the colored boy, had refused to accept shares of the fortune. Then Merry had insisted on

as on the pier. He shouted with

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