Poor and Proud, or the Fortunes of Katy Redburn: a Story for Young Folks

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Poor and Proud, by Oliver Optic This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Poor and Proud or The Fortunes of Katy Redburn Author: Oliver Optic Posting Date: October 9, 2008 [EBook #484] Release Date: April, 1996 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK POOR AND PROUD *** Produced by Charles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines. POOR AND PROUD OR THE FORTUNES OF KATY REDBURN A STORY FOR YOUNG FOLKS BY OLIVER OPTIC TO ALICE MARIE ADAMS, This Book IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY HER FATHER. Poor and Proud. PREFACE. Bobby Bright and Harry West, whose histories were contained in the last two volumes of the "Library for Young Folks," were both smart boys. The author, very grateful for the genial welcome extended to these young gentlemen, begs leave to introduce to his juvenile friends a smart girl,—Miss Katy Redburn,—whose fortunes, he hopes, will prove sufficiently interesting to secure their attention.