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Ployer within a few months came into possession of his wife's large fortune, which her guardian was reluctantly obliged to surrender, he was not hampered by lack of capital, but within a year had his business securely established. Ten years have passed. Ben is now junior partner, and enjoys a high reputation for business ability. A year since he married his cousin Jennie, and in so doing has made a wise choice. He lives in the city, but Uncle Job and his wife still live in Hampton, though Job is no longer compelled to work for a livelihood. He has given up his shop, and confines himself to the cultivation of his small tract of land. Though
now seventy, his eye is not dim nor his natural force abated. Major Sturgis is dead, and Sam, it is understood, has wasted a considerable portion of the handsome property that was left him. It is

quite possible that he may end in
poverty and destitution, and
be forced at last to work for a living. This he would regard

as a misfortune, but it will probably be a blessing in disguise, for the
necessity of honest labor is generally a salutary restraint. Bradley has gone back to California. His son in no