... of the house to burn in the fire. The landlord finds out and throws them out. They have to move in with a cousin who is repulsive in that he lives in a pit - although it is dry. Frank has to empty the cousin's chamber pot every day, and he won't share any food with them. Eventually Frank, who ... , but continued to drink his earnings away), and to save for a return to America. Blessed with verbal skills and stamina, through stealth, charm and struggle he manages to save what is needed to book ship's passage to America. As the Hudson River flows by en route to Albany, the ship's Wireless ...

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