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Chapter 10 THE FIRST NIGHT IN NEW YORK.

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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

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