In Search of Treasure-Horatio Alger, Jr
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What does Mr. Fenwick say about college and adventure at the start of the story?
Chapter one of In Search of Treasure This is a Librivox recording. All Libravs recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer. Please visit Liebervax dot org Recording by Warren Cottie Gurney, Illinois. In Search of Treasure by Horatio Elger Jr. Chapter one Introduces Guy and his father, Mr. I wish I could send you to college, Guy. said Mr Fenwick. As they sat in the library, reading by the soft light of a student lamp The speaker was the Reverend Mr Fenwick. The pastor of a church in Bayport. A few miles from New Bedford, Massachusetts. I don't think I care much about going to college, father. said Guy, a bright, manly, broad shouldered boy of sixteen. When I was your age, Guy, replied his father.
I was already a student of Harvard. You are ready for college, said But my means are not sufficient to send you there. Don't worry about that, father. There are other paths to success than through college, and I am rather surprised to hear you speak so indifferently, Guy. At the Academy, you are acknowledged to be the best Latin and Greek scholar they have had for years. That may be, father, replied. It is so, but The principal so assured me, and he would not misrepresent just to please me. I am glad that I have so good a reputation. With such qualifications it seems certain you would achieve success in college if Graduate high and in time become a distinguished professional man, or perhaps professor. Perhaps I might, but father, in spite of my taste for study, I have one taste still stronger.
What is that? A taste for adventure. I want to see the world, to visit strange countries, to become acquainted with strange people. As the boy spoke his face became flushed and animated. Mr Fenwick looked surprised. Certainly. he said. You don't get this taste for me. When I was a boy I used to stay indoors to read and study. I cared nothing for sports and games that interested my school companions. Guy smiled. I believe you, father, he said, with You don't go out half enough now. Instead of shutting yourself up in your study, you would be stronger and healthier if you would walk five miles a day. Mr Fenwick slightly shuddered. He was a pale, thin man, and With an intellectual look. but had the air of a scholar and a recluse.
I couldn't do it, Guy. he said. Even if I walk a mile, I feel that it is a hardship. It is tame and monotonous. I don't see where you get your red cheeks and exuberant spirits from. From my mother's family, I think, father. Very likely. Your mother was bright and animated when I married her. But she broke down under the manifold duties and engagements of a minister's wife. That is true, poor mother, said Guy sighed, and his bright face looked sorrowful, for it was only a twelfth month since his mother was laid away in the little graveyard at Bayport. You look very much like your uncle George. Your mother's brother, as he was at your age, was He became a sailor? Yes, he had an extraordinary love for the sea, and
If he had been content to live on land and follow some mercantile business, he would He would, in all probability, have Be living today. How did he die? He took fever at some infected port and died on shipboard. The poor fellow was still a comparatively young man, and Little more than thirty. And it seems sad that he should be cut off at such an early age. Was his body brought home? No, sailors are superstitious, but And they don't like to sail in a ship that has a dead body on board. So poor George was sewed up in a sack. And committed to the ocean depths. His chest was sent to us and is stored in the attic. Have you ever opened it? Yes, I opened it, but didn't examine the contents. Probably there was nothing except a sailor's plain outfit.
As to money, George was not a man to save anything. He was extravagant and prodigal, but Like most of his class, he Was he a common sailor? No, he was second mate, and received fair wages. He did not have your education. What had good native talent? But nothing could divert him from his plan of going to sea. Well, father, I suppose there must be sailors.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What does Mr. Fenwick say about college and adventure at the start of the story?
0:00–18:16
2
How does Guy uncover his uncle’s secret letter and begin planning the treasure hunt?
18:16–1:37:58
3
What is the initial conflict between Guy Fenwick and the school officials?
1:37:58–2:15:51
4
How does the confrontation at Milton School lead to the removal of Vivian Bell?
2:15:51–3:11:40
5
What is the conflict over the parish mortgage and Deacon Crane’s plans?
3:11:40–4:06:37
6
How does Guy Fenwick’s voyage to the Agalagus Islands develop and what obstacles arise?
4:06:37–4:52:59
7
What clues do Guy and his companions find while exploring the island?
4:52:59–5:43:47
8
How do the explorers finally locate the pirate’s treasure and open the chest?
5:43:47–6:29:18