itnesses were in the
court-room. Dock and Mr. Fairfield were arraigned. Mat Mogmore was
permitted to testify for the government. Both were found guilty; but,
while Dock was sentenced to the longest term of imprisonment provided
by law for his crimes, the old man was sentenced to the shortest, with
a fine of one thousand dollars. Dock's term was ten years. It broke his
spirit. His little plan was a total failure, and too late he found that
the way of the wicked shall not prosper. He was sent to the state
prison, and disappeared from public view.

Mr. Fairfield was sent to the common jail; but it was evident that he
was dying by inches of mental disorder, and his pardon was procured by
the influence of Mr. Watson. He went back to his home. The ten thousand
dollars which Dock had borrowed of him was recovered, in process of
law, of the person with whom the swindler had deposited it. The old man
had really lost but a thousand dollars, the amount of his fine; but he
was too miserable to survive long, and died two years after his
discharge from prison. Levi was his heir, but he gave his aunt the use
of the money while she lived. Her Bible and her religious newspaper
were her best friends, and she learned to open her heart and open her
purse-strings. She had nothing to do now, and she became, under Levi's
good advice, a blessing to the poor and the suffering.

When Levi was twenty-one, Mr. Gayles's function as guardian ceased, and
he paid over to his ward his entire fortune. But this was a trivial
event compared with another, which occurred a few months later, in
Boston; when, in Mr. Watson's elegant mansion, Levi and Bessie received
the congratulations of all their friends. Rockport was strongly
represented on this interesting occasion.

"May all angels, celestial and terrestrial, keep perpetual vigil over
you, Mrs. Fairfield," said Mr. C. Augustus Ebenier, as he touched the
gloved hand of the bride, whom he did not presume to kiss, as others
did. "And the next time you attempt the semi-circumnavigation of this
mundane sphere, may I have the honor to be the cabin steward of the
bark that bears you o'er the stormy sea."

"May prosperity and happiness be yours, Mrs. Fairfield," said Squire
Saunders. "Levi, this time I must commit you--to the care of this
lady."

"I have taken care of Levi for a good many years, Mrs. Fairfield,"
added Mr. Gayles; "but I cheerfully resign in your favor."

"I never saw so many grand people