But here was a young man, who, having by his self-indulgence thrown away all the prospects of his youth, had rehabilitated himself by the luck of finding gold in a gully.

To Mr.
Bolton it was no better than had he found a box of treasure at the bottom of a well.

Mr.Bolton had himself been a seeker of money all his life, but he had his prejudices as to the way in which money was to be sought.

It should be done in a gradual, industrious manner, and in accordance with recognised forms.

A digger who might by chance find a lump of gold as big as his head, or might work for three months without finding any, was to him only one degree better than Davis, and therefore he did not receive his old friend's statements as to the young man's success with all the encouragement which his old friend would have liked.
But his father was very enthusiastic in his return letter to the miner.
The matter as to the estate had been arranged.