I told him how you were buried here and how hard you worked and how anxious I was that you should leave Barnegat, and he promised to write to me, and he has.

Here's his letter.

He says he is getting too old to continue his practice alone, that his assistant has fallen ill, and that if you will come to him at once he will take you into partnership and give you half his practice.

I always knew something good would come out of my last visit to Philadelphia.

Aren't you delighted, my son ?" "Yes, perfectly overjoyed," answered the doctor, laughing.