Preface

      ``The Cash Boy,'' by Horatio Alger, Jr., as the nameimplies, is a story about a boy and for boys.

　　Through some conspiracy¹, the hero of the storywhen a baby, was taken from his relatives andgiven into the care of a kind woman.

　　Not knowing his name, she gave him her husband'sname, Frank Fowler. She had one littledaughter, Grace, and showing no partiality in thetreatment of her children, Frank never suspectedthat she was not his sister. However, at the deathof Mrs. Fowler, all this was related to Frank.

　　The children were left alone in the world. Itseemed as though they would have to go to thepoorhouse but Frank could not become reconciled to that.

　　A kind neighbor agreed to care for Grace, soFrank decided² to start out in the world to makehis way.

　　He had many disappointments and hardships, butthrough his kindness to an old man, his own relativesand right name were revealed to him.

1 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。