He assured her that I was all right, and said that when the herd came in he would allow me to make a visit home.
Upon my arrival in Leavenworth with the herd of cattle, Mr.Russell instructed his book-keeper, Mr.Byers, to pay me my wages, amounting to fifty dollars.

Byers gave me the sum all in half-dollar pieces.

I put the bright silver coins into a sack, which I tied to my mule, and started home, thinking myself a _millionaire_.

This money I gave to mother, who had already forgiven me for running away.
Thus began my service for the firm of Russell & Majors, afterwards Russell, Majors & Waddell, with whom I spent seven years of my life in different capacities--such as cavallard-driver, wagon-master, pony express rider and driver.

I continued to work for Mr.Russell during the rest of the summer of 1855, and in the winter of 1855-56 I attended school.
Father, who still continued to secretly visit home, was anxious to have his children receive as much of an education as possible, under the adverse circumstances surrounding us, and he employed a teacher, Miss Jennie Lyons, to come to our house and teach.