Last night I hardly think he slept an hour at a time, and to-day he scarcely tasted food." "I found him in trouble," said Andrew, "and fortunately was able to give him the relief he needed." Mrs.Howland looked wonderingly into her son's face.
"I have not come back empty-handed, mother," said Andrew.

"A year ago, when thousands of miles from home, I heard of father's troubles.

I was about returning to see you all again, and to make P--my future abiding place, if I could find any honest employment; but this intelligence caused me to change my mind.

News had just been received of the wonderful discoveries of gold in California, and I said to myself, 'If there is gold to be had there, I will find it.' I was not thinking of myself when I made this resolution, but of you and father.

In this spirit I made the long and wearisome overland journey, and for more than eight, months worked amid the golden sands of that far off region.