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Ragged Dick, Chapters 1-4

• Dick is awakened by a man.

• He earns his own money giving shoe shines since his guardian, he says, doesn't give him money.

• He tells the porter that he doesn't steal.

• The boy had slept in a wooden box with straw in it.

• He begins his day of shining shoes.

• His first customer is Mr. Greyson. Dick, who doesn't have change for a quarter, promises to leave the change at the man's office.

• In Chapter 2, Dick has three other customers in the next hour.

• He goes to a nearby restaurant for breakfast.
• Dick buys breakfast for a hungry boot-black named Johnny Nolan.

• When they leave the restaurant, Johnny hides in a doorway to avoid a man who is walking by.

• When Dick asks why, Johnny explains that the man had secured a place for him at a farm.

• Johnny didn't like having to get...

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