fellowship from our then beloved pastor. After the absence of nine years, I had the happy privilege of meeting with two of the number, who were unshaken in the faith; they have since gone to join the spirits in glory. I had the happy privilege of attending them in sickness.
I now turn to the scenes of youth. George again returned home, and we again provided a home for mother and the little ones. He shipped in the same vessel again, and affairs now seemed to promise comfort and respectability; but mother chose to marry again; this was like death to us all. George returned home, but was so disappointed that he shipped again to return no more. Although a boy of sixteen, he was as steady as most men at twenty. My cares were consequently increased, having no one to share them with me. My next brother, who lived in South Essex, came to Salem to his mother's, but was driven away by her husband, and came to me; I carried him to Gloucester and left him in the hands of the town; he stayed but three weeks, and returned to me again; I then boarded him out for one dollar a week, until I could procure suitable employment for him. When winter came, poor mother's health was declining. Little Samuel could do but little; my father-inlaw was very cross, his disappointment was very
