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He was an active, industrious boy; and all the neighbors were willing to employ him on their farms and about their houses, so that he was able to do a great deal towards supporting the family. HE WAS AN ACTIVE INDUSTRIOUS BOY AND ALL THE NEIGHBORS WERE WILLING TO EMPLOY HIM ON THEIR FARMS AND ABOUT THEIR HOUSES SO THAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO A GREAT DEAL TOWARDS SUPPORTING THE FAMILY
harley, I guess we won't go up on the raft," said Frank with a pleasant laugh. "I guess not;" and the two boys walked towards the rude cottage of the widow Weston. It was situated near the lake, about half a mile from Captain Sedley's. Mrs. Weston was the widow of a poor laboring man who had died about a year before our story opens. She was the mother of four children,--three sons and a daughter. Her eldest son, who was now twenty-two years old, had been in California nearly two years, having left his home a year before the death of his father. She had received one letter from him on his arrival at San Francisco, since which she had heard nothing of him, and had given up all hopes of ever seeing him again. She had not a doubt but that he had found a grave in the golden soil of that far-off land. She mourned him as dead, and all the earthly hopes of the poor mother were concentrated in her remaining children. Anthony, the next son, whom everybody called Tony, was now thirteen years old. N TO THE CITY TO MORROW COME CHARLIE I GUESS WE WON'T GO UP ON THE RAFT SAID FRANK WITH A PLEASANT LAUGH I GUESS NOT AND THE TWO BOYS WALKED TOWARD THE RUDE COTTAGE OF THE WIDOW WESTON IT WAS SITUATED NEAR THE LAKE ABOUT A HALF MILE FROM CAPTAIN SEDLEY'S MISSUS WESTON WAS THE WIDOW OF A POOR LABOURING MAN WHO HAD DIED ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE OUR STORY OPENS SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF FOUR CHILDREN THREE SONS AND A DAUGHTER HER ELDEST SON WHO WAS NOW TWENTY TWO YEARS OLD HAD BEEN IN CALIFORNIA NEARLY TWO YEARS HAVING LEFT HIS HOME A YEAR BEFORE THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER SHE HAD RECEIVED ONE LETTER FROM HIM ON HIS ARRIVAL AT SAN FRANCISCO SINCE WHICH SHE HAD HEARD NOTHING OF HIM AND HAD GIVEN UP ALL HOPES OF EVER SEEING HIM AGAIN SHE HAD NOT A DOUBT THAT HE HAD FOUND A GRAVE IN THE GOLDEN SOIL OF THAT FAR OFF LAND SHE MOURNED HIM AS DEAD AND ALL THE EARTHLY HOPES OF THE POOR MOTHER WERE CONCENTRATED IN HER REMAINING CHILDREN ANTHONY THE NEXT SON WHOM EVERYBODY CALLED TONY WAS NOW THIRTEEN YEARS OLD
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