s.

"Oh, Herbert!"

It was all she could say, but the tone was full of joy.

"How I have missed you!"

"We will be together now, mother."

"I hope so, Herbert. Perhaps you can find something to do in Wayneboro,
and even if it doesn't pay as well--"

"Mother," interrupted Herbert, laughing, "is that the way to speak to a
rich boy like me?"

"Rich?"

"Yes, mother, I bring home twelve thousand dollars."

Mrs. Carr could not believe it at first, but Herbert told his story, and
she gave joyful credence at last.

Eben did not receive as warm a welcome, but finally his father was
propitiated, and agreed to give his son employment in his own store.
He's there yet. His hard experience in the West has subdued his pride,
and he has really "turned over a new leaf," as he promised Herbert. His
father will probably next year give him a quarter interest in the firm,
and the firm's name will be

"EBENEZER GRAHAM & SON."

Herbert and his mother have moved to Boston. Our hero is learning
business in the counting room of Mr. Compton. They live in a pleasant
house at the South End, and Mr. Melville, restored to a very fair
measure of health, is boarding, or, rather, has his home with them. He
is devoting his time to literary pursuits, and I am told that he is the
author of a brilliant paper in a recent number of the North American
Review. Herbert finds some time for study, and, under the guidance of
his friend and former employer, he has already become a very creditable
scholar in French, German and English literature. He enjoys his present
prosperity all the better for the hardships through which he passed
before reaching it.

THE END

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