Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania; . leaveschool, in order that his earnings might add to the scanty income. Ac-cordingly, in 1869, he became a messenger boy for the Western UnionTelegraph Company, and after that a cash boy in the store of JosephHome Company. After a year at work he was able to resume his studies,until his fourteenth year, at the preparatory school of Bethany, West Vir-ginia, and there for two years profited by the companionship of PresidentPendleton, of Bethany College, in whose home he was a visitor, and towhom he owes much for encouraging the passion
Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania; . leaveschool, in order that his earnings might add to the scanty income. Ac-cordingly, in 1869, he became a messenger boy for the Western UnionTelegraph Company, and after that a cash boy in the store of JosephHome Company. After a year at work he was able to resume his studies,until his fourteenth year, at the preparatory school of Bethany, West Vir-ginia, and there for two years profited by the companionship of PresidentPendleton, of Bethany College, in whose home he was a visitor, and towhom he owes much for encouraging the passion for study which he theredeveloped. After leaving Bethany he continued to be an ardent studentof history and literature, and in time began to write for publication. Whileat Bethany he read with hearty appreciation the novels of Scott, Thackerayand Dickens, besides many general masterpieces, and soon after returningto Pittsburgh began a regular course of night study, which lasted throughseveral years, and, besides the elementary branches, included Latin and.
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