But as I have carried my hero through the eventful period of his life, I cannot dwell upon his subsequent career.

He applied himself with all the energy of his nature to the discharge of his duties.

Early in the morning and late in the evening he was at his post, Mr.Bigelow was his friend from the first, and gave him all the instruction he required.

His intelligence and quick perception soon enabled him to master the details of the business, and by the time he was fifteen, he was competent to perform any service required of him.
By the advice of Mr.Bayard, he attended an evening school for six months in the year, to acquire a knowledge of book keeping, and to compensate for the opportunities of which he had been necessarily deprived in his earlier youth.

He took Dr.Franklin for his model, and used all his spare time in reading good books, and in obtaining such information and such mental culture as would fit him to be, not only a good merchant, but a good and true man.
Every Saturday night he went home to Riverdale to spend the Sabbath with his mother.