That young man was John Redburn, your father.

My father gave him a much larger salary than he had been receiving before, so that his misfortune in losing the money proved to be a piece of good fortune to him, for it procured him a much better situation.

The new clerk performed his duties very faithfully, and at the end of a year my father presented him this watch, with the motto, 'All for the Best,' in allusion to the manner in which he had obtained his situation." "But how came you here, mother, if your father was rich, and lived in a fine house?
You are very poor now;" asked Katy, who feared that the mystery was yet to come.
Mrs.Redburn burst into tears, and covered her face with her hands, as the pleasant memories of her former happy home rushed through her mind.
"Don't cry, mother; I won't ask you any more questions," said Katy, grieved to find she had reminded her mother of some unpleasant thing.
"It was all my own fault, Katy.

I am here poor and wretched, because I disobeyed my father; because I did what he desired me not to do.

I will tell you all about it, Katy.