The old man bowed his head in presence of his reconciled household, and fell into a sweet slumber; not one of all that company but echoed the old man's prayer--"May he be so to us and ours, to our beloved Home and happy Fatherland in all the time to come!" On this, on every day of Thanksgiving and Praise, be that old man's blessed prayer in all quarters, among all classes and kindred, everywhere repeated: "May He be so to us and ours, to our beloved Home and happy Fatherland in all the time to come!" And when, like that good old man, we come to bow our heads at the close of a long, long life, may we, like him, fall into a gentle sleep, conscious that we have done the work of charity, and spread about our path, wherever it lead, peace and good-will among men! THE END. Transcriber's Notes: Author's name is not given in the text but other editions give it as Cornelius Mathews. Contents Page. In the original text, some chapter titles were wrong; these have been corrected as follows: Chapter IV. Title was "The Children." Corrected to "The Fortunes of the Family Considered." Chapter V. Title was "The Fashionable Lady and Her Son." Corrected to "The Children." Chapter VI. Title was "The Fortunes of the Family Considered." Corrected to "The Fashionable Lady and Her Son." Inconsistent hyphenation of words in original text has been retained (daylight, day-light; fireside, fire-side; headway head-way; and neck-cloth, neckcloth). Inconsistent spelling of contractions in the original text has been retained. Page 27, added missing quote mark. ("Three, all of brick) Page 33, changed comma to fullstop. (speech. "Expect to see) Page 35, changed comma to fullstop. (said old Sylvester. "Out of) Page 36, unusual spelling of "ricketty" retained. (landed from its ricketty and bespattered bosom) Page 39, "thoughtf" has been changed to "though" (watched over as though it had been my own) Page 96, added missing quote mark. ("Some two hundred)