r hand to me,
"and it is with pleasure that we shall receive thee."

"I welcome thee, Japhet Newland," said Susannah, also offering her hand,
"and I trust that thou wilt find more happiness among those with whom
thou art about to sojourn, than in the world of vanity and deceit, in
which thou hast hitherto played thy part. No longer seek an earthly
father, who hath deserted thee, but a heavenly Father, who will not
desert thee in thy afflictions."

"You shall direct me into the right path, Susannah," replied I.

"I am too young to be a guide, Japhet," replied she, smiling; "but
not too young, I hope, to be a friend."

The next day my clothes came home, and I put them on. I looked at myself
in the glass, and was anything but pleased; but as my head was shaved,
it was of little consequence what I wore; so I consoled myself. Mr
Cophagus sent for a barber and ordered me a wig, which was to be ready
in a few days; when it was ready I put it on, and altogether did not
dislike my appearance. I flattered myself that if I was a Quaker, at all
events I was a very good looking and a very smart one; and when, a day or
two afterwards, a reunion of friends took place at Mr Cophagus's house to
introduce me to them, I perceived, with much satisfaction, that there was
no young man who could compete with me. After this, I was much more
reconciled to my transformation.

Chapter LXIV

I prosper in every way, and become reconciled to my situation.

Mr Cophagus was not idle. In a few weeks he had rented a shop for me, and
furnished it much better than his own in Smithfield; the upper part of
the house was let off, as I was to reside with the family. When it was
ready, I went over it with him, and was satisfied; all I wished for was
Timothy as an assistant, but that wish was unavailing, as I knew not
where to find him.

That evening I observed to Mr Cophagus, that I did not much like putting
my name over the shop. The fact was, that my pride forbade it, and I
could not bear the idea, that Japhet Newland, at whose knock every
aristocratic door had flown open, should appear in gold letters above a
shop-window. "There are many reasons against it," observed I. "One is,
that it is not my real name--I should like to take the name of Cophagus;
another is, that the name, being so well known, may attract those who
formerly knew me, and I should not wish that they should come in and
mock me; another is--"

"Japhet Newland," inter