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Hastens to See His Parents—Joyful Meeting—Account of Correspondence

with Homes—Going to See James—Delight of Journeymen—Many Inquiries—

Proposition to Treat Them—Report of James' Treatment to Parents—His

Mother's Counsel—Meets Collins—The Latter Intemperate—Counsels Him

to Let Strong Drink Alone—His Father's Opinion of Keith's Letter—

Arrival of Captain Homes—Approves Plans of Benjamin—Calling on

Friends—Seeing Doctor Mather—An Incident and Its Lesson—Collins

Decides to Go to Philadelphia—Benjamin's Father Declines to Help

Him—About Courant—Bidding Parents Farewell and Returning.