The load of chips: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The load of chips is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Leslie, Madeline (1815–1893).
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"The load of chips" by Madeline Leslie is a didactic children's tale written in the late 19th century. It follows the virtuous orphan Arthur Thompson—encouraged by a compassionate benefactress and a kindly elderly couple—as he learns industry, honesty, and faith, contrasted with his idle, deceitful companion Joseph Hickie. The likely focus is moral formation through work, charity, and truthfulness in a bustling shipyard town. The opening of The load of chips shows Mrs. Irvington offering work to a street boy; Joseph shirks and lies, while Arthur works earnestly and truthfully seeks help for his ailing mother, whom the lady aids until her death. Arthur keeps the chip-yard job, attends Sunday school, and becomes a steady, grateful worker, eventually placed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead, where the warmhearted Hepsah cherishes him. After Mr. Olmstead breaks his leg, Arthur is briefly jailed when Joseph uses him to pass a counterfeit bill, but Hepsah secures his release, and the Olmsteads adopt him. As a young clerk, Arthur resists the worldly Munger, who secretly leads Willie Irvington into theaters, gambling, and deception. A street robbery by Joseph steals a $10,000 deposit from Arthur, suspicion flickers, and Munger suddenly flees; Arthur’s humble letter helps draw out Willie’s confession. Joseph is later caught trying to change one of the marked bills, and these early chapters firmly set the book’s moral arc of diligence and truth rewarded, and idleness and deceit exposed.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The load of chips
- Author credits: Leslie, Madeline (1815–1893)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Christian life -- Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
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