A few days later he entrusted Dan with several commissions that he seemed to have devised solely to show his good will and confidence.
Harwood was happy these days.

He was still young and life had dealt kindly with him.

Among lawyers he was pointed to as a coming light of the bar; and in politics he was the most conspicuous man of his age in the state.

He was invited to Harrison County that fall to deliver an address at a reunion of the veterans of his father's regiment, and that had pleased him.

He had more than justified the hopes of his parents and brothers, and they were very proud of him.