The prodigal apprentice
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Tom Worboise the prodigal apprentice is indecisive frivolous and ambitious for the "good life." He works as clerk to Mr. Boxall a wealthy businessman in Londons Guild Court On his own time Tom alternates between two girls who love him Lucy Burton and Mary Boxall. Toms father a shrewd lawyer amens a will for the Boxall family who soon afterward are all lost in a shipwreck. Toms father had been named beneficiary in such an eventuality and now ruthlessly goes after the money. Tom is influenced by his crafty father and enters a series of misadventures that involve gambling and theft. Finally he comes to himself and returns to London where he finds love and a more noble way of life.
