Messrs. Lawrence and Brandon in
search of their children, whom they learned a few days ago from Mr.
Yard, one of the survivors, were left on the coast, having wandered
inland at the time the others were taken off by the Relief."

This was to the point.

"It is fortunate for all parties that we met you," added the man with a
smile, "for we receive a very liberal reward to bring you back, no
matter whether we met you within a dozen miles of San Francisco, or were
obliged to spend the summer hunting for you among the mountains, only to
succeed after giving the largest kind of a ransom."

"Prosaad," said Tim O'Rooney, with a magnificent wave of his hand,
without rising from his reclining position. "We're glad to maat yez, as
me uncle obsarved, whin Micky O'Shaunhanaley's pig walked into his
shanty and stood still till he was salted down and stowed away in the
barrel, by raisin of which Micky niver found his pig agin."

The next day the party reached the outlet of the Salinas River, Monterey
Bay, where they succeeded in securing transit to San Francisco, and the
two boys were once more clasped in the loving arms of their anxious
parents.

Howard and Elwood remained in San Francisco until autumn, when they came
East again and entered college, and having passed through with honor
they returned to the Golden City, and are now partners in a flourishing
business. Tim O'Rooney is in their service, and they both hold him in
great regard. He is as good-natured as when "Adrift in the Wilds" with
the boys, and his greatest grief is that he has never been able to meet
Mr. Shasta, the most "illigent savage gintleman that iver paddled his
own canoe."

THE END.

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THE BOYS' HOME SERIES.

Uniform with this Volume.

This series affords wholesome reading for boys and girls, and all the
volumes are extremely interesting.--_Cincinnati Commercial Gazette._

Joe's Luck; or, A Boy's Adventures in California. By Horatio
Alger, Jr.

Julian Mortimer or, A Brave Boy's Struggles for Home and Fortune. By
Harry Castlemon.

Adrift In The Wilds; or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys. By
Edward S. Ellis.

Frank Fowler, The Cash Boy. By Horatio Alger, Jr.

Guy Harris, The Runaway. By Harry Castlemon.

Ben Burton, The Slate-Picker. By Harry Prentice.

Tom Temple's Career. By Horatio Alger, Jr.

Tom, The Ready; or, Up from the Lowest. By Randolph Hill.

The Castaways; Or, On The F