the day Ben was busy making preparations to leave his country home.






CHAPTER V.

IN SEARCH OF A PLACE.





Ben took the early train to New York on Tuesday morning, and in due
time arrived in the city. He carried with him seventy-five dollars
out of his small patrimony. Fifty were to be deposited with Messrs.
Fitch & Ferguson, as required, and the balance was to defray his
expenses till he began to receive a salary. Ben didn't expect to
need much of it, for at the end of a week he would be paid ten
dollars for his services, and until then he meant to be very
economical.

Ben had only been in New York twice before, but he happened to know
his way to Nassau Street, and went there at once, with his carpetbag
in his hand.

As he entered Nassau Street from Printing-House