Excerpt from Dick Hamilton's Fortune: Or the Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son N ow I hope you will shake hands and become good friends; not doing as I have sometimes seen boys do, When introduced, hang back and size each other up, as if distrusting each other. GO right up to Dick, get a good grip on his hand, and squeeze for all you're worth. I'll wager you can't make him cry enough! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.