As for Jim Smith, the last heard of him was to this effect:  He had strayed out to St. Louis, and, after a few months of vicissitude, had secured the position of bartender in a low liquor saloon.  He has very little chance of rising higher.  The young tyrant of Smith Institute has not done very well for himself, but he has himself to blame for it.

To return to Hector.  I think we are justified in predicting for him a prosperous future.  He behaved well in adversity.  He is not likely to be spoiled by prosperity, but promises to grow up a good and manly man, who will seek to do good as he goes along, and so vindicate his claim to the exceptional good fortune which he enjoys.

The end.