As for Daniel, he was now ready to choose a profession. What should it
be?

His father wanted him to become a lawyer. And so, to please his parents,
he went home and began to read law in the office of a Mr. Thompson, in
the little village of Salisbury, which adjoined his father's farm.

The summer passed by. It was very pleasant to have nothing to do but to
read. And when the young man grew tired of reading, he could go out
fishing, or could spend a day in hunting among the New Hampshire hills.

It is safe to say that he did not learn very much law during that
summer.

But there was not a day that he did not think about his brother. Ezekiel
had done much to help him through college, and now ought he not to help
Ezekiel?

But what could he do?

He had a good education, and his first thought was that he might teach
school, and thus earn a little money for Ezekiel.

The people of Fryeburg, in Maine, wanted him to take charge of the
academy in their little town. And so, early in the fall, he decided to
take up with their offer.

He was to have three hundred and fifty dollars for the year's work, and
that would help Ezekiel a great deal.