Project Gutenberg 2016-07-15 Public domain in the USA. 136 Raymond, Alfred Harry Harding—Messenger "45" Produced by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Harry Harding—Messenger '45" by Alfred Raymond is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the lives of two boys, Teddy Burke and Harry Harding, as they navigate their transition from school to work during a time of economic struggle. The book explores themes of friendship, responsibility, and the challenges faced by young people taking their first steps into adulthood. At the start of the novel, the scene is set in a grammar school where Teddy Burke, known for his mischief, gets into trouble for a prank that involves a rubber snake, leading to his conflict with authority figures like Miss Alton, his teacher, and Mr. Waldron, the principal. Meanwhile, his friend Harry Harding discusses with his mother the need to find work to help support their family after losing their father. This opening section introduces the boys' personalities, their motives for leaving school, and lays the groundwork for their quest for jobs at Martin Brothers' Department Store. Harry's eagerness to gain employment contrasts with Teddy's ambivalence towards education, setting the stage for their adventures and growth in the working world ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Boys -- Juvenile fiction Department stores -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Novels 381683 2025-06-21T06:05:58.885966 text/html 365635 2024-10-23T00:52:04 text/html 306027 2025-06-21T06:06:05.480940 application/epub+zip 303539 2025-06-21T06:05:59.891011 application/epub+zip 241882 2025-06-21T06:05:59.384003 application/epub+zip 401229 2025-06-21T06:06:09.745510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 359790 2025-06-21T06:06:04.906941 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298322 2022-09-23T23:06:18.254501 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345068 2025-06-21T06:05:58.159966 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 325223 2024-10-23T00:52:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16112 2025-06-21T06:06:09.898454 application/rdf+xml 13868 2025-06-21T06:05:59.483978 image/jpeg 2161 2025-06-21T06:05:59.432953 image/jpeg 251991 2025-06-21T06:05:58.924001 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog