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"Indeed! I am so glad!" "I suppose you don't remember me, do you?" asked the stranger. The widow looked at him sharply. INDEED I AM SO GLAD I SUPPOSE YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME DO YOU ASKED THE STRANGER THE WIDOW LOOKED AT HIM SHARPLY
 guests, and among them the stranger. "I don't know you, sir, but you are welcome to my poor cottage," said she, with a courtesy. "Thank you, ma'am. I have just come from California. I believe you had a son who went out there." "I did. Poor George! I suppose he is dead," answered the widow, wiping a tear from her eye. "I come to tell you about him, ma'am." "Then he is dead!" "No; he is alive and well." "Heaven bless you for the news!" ejaculated the poor woman. It was indeed a day of gladness to her. "He is coming home soon." "I am glad to hear it. Where has he been?" "He has been at the mines." "I haven't heard a word from him since he first reached San Francisco." "He has written several times; but the means of communication with San Francisco and the diggings were very uncertain. I suppose his letters miscarried." "But tell me about him. Has his health been good?" "Very good; and he has been remarkably lucky. Folks say he has made over a hundred thousand dollars digging and trading.  NOT YET ARRIVED IN HALF AN HOUR THEY CAME MISSUS WESTON WELCOMED HER GUESTS AND AMONG THEM THE STRANGER I DON'T KNOW YOU SIR BUT YOU ARE WELCOME TO MY POOR COTTAGE SAID SHE WITH A COURTESY THANK YOU MA'AM I HAVE JUST COME FROM CALIFORNIA I BELIEVE HE HAD A SON WHO WENT OUT THERE I DID POOR GEORGE I SUPPOSE HE IS DEAD ANSWERED THE WIDOW WIPING A TEAR FROM HER EYE I COME TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIM MA'AM THEN HE IS DEAD NO HE IS ALIVE AND WELL HEAVEN BLESS YOU FOR THE NEWS EJACULATED THE POOR WOMAN IT WAS INDEED A DAY OF GLADNESS TO HER HE IS COMING HOME SOON I AM GLAD TO HEAR IT WHERE HAS HE BEEN HE HAS BEEN AT THE MINES I HAVEN'T HEARD A WORD FROM HIM SINCE HE FIRST REACHED SAN FRANCISCO HE HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL TIMES BUT THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION WITH SAN FRANCISCO AND THE DIGGINGS WERE VERY UNCERTAIN I SUPPOSE HIS LETTERS MISCARRIED BUT TELL ME ABOUT HIM HAS HIS HEALTH BEEN GOOD VERY GOOD AND HE'S BEEN REMARKABLY LUCKY FOLKS SAY HE'S MADE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DIGGING AND TRADING
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