firmly counted upon spending the night at the Watch Below, and now to find that place closed up caused his heart to sink withi
suppose it will do no good to knock on the door. By the way the place is located, the sleeping-
t once, but several times, and so hard that he d
to do?" asked the o
Richard related the pa
y," was the reply. "Mrs.
in silence. But nobody appeare
g to do?" asked th
inside with my money. I've only got
eet where you can get a bed for that," wen
ere it's dirty," repli
n of his own neat and tidy cot
o; you can't s
and came toward them. By the walk Richard recognized Doc
r, his face beaming with satisfaction. "A ni
hen I couldn't find you again," replied Richard
ur looking for you over on the Bowery. How are you, Mul
Then he handed the policeman a cigar as a reward for the
ind them and lit a hand lamp that his though
kept lights all night," observe
But the insurance companies thin
up a narrow stairway to a s
fixed for you. There's your valise and the bed's waiting for you. Take my advice and
me to you," replie
over five minutes before he felt perfectly at home. Befo
ng, and in half an hour his lead pencil had filled several
fore thanking God for his kind care, and asking for
's sleep was a sound one, and it lacked but a fe
foot of the bed, and after a plunge into this
comfortably filled, and as a matter
lept well in your strange bunk." "First rate," was Richard's reply. "And
coffee and biscuits. Here's the morning papers; you can look 'em over-th
Richard sat down and allowed himsel
worth hunting up. By the aid of the map Mr. Joyce had loaned him he sort
s about to leave. "If you're around in that neighborhood in the after
Richard. "Can I le
ke yourself at home here unt
. But I mu
and I'm going to do my dut
s head in a way that showed
active; to help feed. N
near
f the first advertisem
money mart, where millions of dollars change hands each day between the hours of 10 A.M. and 3 P.M. The grand approaches to many
ghbor. Storage and warehouses abounded; and the numerous trucks backed up to rece
reached. The office was on the second floor, and climbing up
voice from insid
," he began, addressing a man who sat at
, in the basement,"
s,
r than the others had been. It led to a pressroo
to be a pleasant m
e asked, after Richard
nk I can learn as q
n't pay you so much wh
u start me at-if I
son hes
n," he said. "When you can do as much as t
rs a week would barely keep him, much
cept it," he said. "I
t on two dol
replied Mr. Nelson, and h
e setback chilled his ardor, but only for an in
e purchased five cents' worth of chewing gum,
said to the proprietor, who happ
ago," was the reply. "Are
s,
Richard a s
," he said. "Suppose you leave me your
is name and the addre
ned, "and may leave, but I'll drop around again
boy much. I only took him be
do you
it five if you would be willing to help
romptly. "I'm willing to work real har
hear a lad talk," said the
s Richard's mental comment, as he hurried along. "Perh
ready filled; and so were
lf the metropolis with tea and coffee. A boy was wanted to help fi
y, after the boy had inquired after the place. "You wi
sked Richard, overjoyed at an
have to furnish twenty-five dollars securit
ollars securit
as not true-"and of course you will be responsible,
o that, or else r
"Everything that goes out has been ordered and is ch
kes the
canva
e boy. "People sometimes change their minds, e
rder all you've got to do is to turn round and sell the packages to some
the money," was
eason he was g
," urged the merchant. "You can't
it over," re
trike him favorably, and indeed it was a good t
among the honest ones either to make the one undertaking the job do a lot of peddling o
irectly opposite the post-office. By the clock o
ding a whole morning in the search for work, he r
pposite street, and the boy made up his mind to visit the office where the adverti
and, curious to see how the building looked inside,
s, Foreign Mails, Letters for New York City, Letters for Outgoing Mails-all this was in str
here must be ten thousand of them. Every
ctly in front of Richard, and taking out a handful
r. Timot