The Erie Train Boy

t said to him, "I shall have to change your train to-day. You

all I ge

of trains, answered, "At 11.44 to-night. The

hall I

day and see Niagara Falls, you can do so, and start on your re

ld get word to my mother. She will feel a

er a note by a te

d a boy of his acquaintan

r," he called, "do you

boy quickly. "What d

ote to my

almost a quarte

pay that

! Give me

bled these

MOT

Bridge and shall not p

perhaps Tuesday m

R

tarted at once on his errand. Fred, quite elated at the prospect of seeing Niagara Falls, prepared for his trip. He had to carry a lar

of nine when Joshua Bascom appeared on the pl

k, Mr. Bascom?" as

tation houses. I shan't rest easy til I'm back in Barton

done anything w

ery meddlesome. I thought that pickpo

ew Jersey, and a New York pol

with an air of relief. "W

all the way

goin' as fa

arther too. I'm g

you don't have to

t paid fo

hokey, wouldn't the folks stare if I was t

t you

money I can afford. I mu

all of your mon

the fifteen dollars I got for that rin

our expenses, and can afford to go again. You must te

'll think I'm smarter

Looking from the door of the car, he saw Joshua climb into a hay wagon driven by an elderly man

some fell asleep, and the hum of conversation ceased. Fred too gave up his trips through the cars, and stretching himself out on a sea

get out at this point. He descended from the train

nd as there was no carriage representing it at the train he set out to walk. It wa

YNCH

of the passengers on the second car. He appeared to be about forty years of

o stop here over

s,

train boy,

s,

shall you

me by the conducto

will stop

e it. It is a sm

care for style or fashion. I am an invalid, and I prefer the

I think that is t

stories in height. Over the portico was a sign, bearing the name. It

ooking clerk sat behind the desk. He open

e me a room?

one too," sa

e clerk. "That's a back room on the sec

d. "We are strange

room. If you don't mind rooming toge

ds in a room?" as

es

ng man. He is a stranger to me, but I watched him

u, sir,"

clerk, "what do

y did not fancy his looks much, but could think of no good reason for declining him as a room companion. He felt that the gentleman had paid him a compliment in offering to room

he hall boy has gone to bed. I hardly e

ollar which he had bought in Jersey City before taking passage on the train. Up one flight of stairs the clerk preced

t wide by twenty in depth. At

," said the clerk. "Is there any

answer