CHAPTER XV.
CHOOSING A PROFESSION.

Tae next morning Mr. Cramer sent for
Howard Framingham to come into a small
room that he used for an office. He came im-
mediately.

“ Be seated, Master Howard. I have some-
‘ thing of importance to say to you. Your
father, Sir John Framingham, appointed me
by his last will and testament, your guardian.
Sir John was, as you know, a London mer-
chant, knighted by William IV., when he
carried an address from the city to the king.
Sir John escaped bankruptcy, and paid all his
creditors ; but in so doing left but a small for-
tune to his son. On that account, and some
others, he wished that son to be educated in
the United States of America; he also wished