Part 3 (1/2)

”Well,” continued the old gentleo back where you came froain either fame or fortune in New York, and you stand a wonderful chance of sinking lower every year And even if you do succeed, you will s in your life which may come to you in the country You can have a pleasant home there, and live an easy, natural life, while here it will be years before you can expect to accomplish much, and you will spend your life in a nervous strain Think well, young reat city as your sphere of usefulness”

”I've made up my mind, sir,” said Archie ”I have quite decided to reentleret it

But we have already hired an office boy Good ed than ever Perhaps, after all, a country life was not to be soabout But once outside, in the Broadway crowd, Archie forgot everything about the country, and was lost in the delight of being one of four million

He now decided to accept the place in the restaurant, if it were not taken, and, fortunately for hian to wash dishes as if he had done nothing else in all his life before

CHAPTER IX

IN THE STREET AGAIN--THE POLICE STATION--VISITS THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE, AND IS KINDLY RECEIVED BY THE EDITOR

ALL day long Archie washed dishes, and before night ca work The restaurant was a popular one, and there were veryof the pots and pans which were always dirty Archie no sooner finished one sink full of dishes than another large pile aiting to be put through the sa about hi, even, and at noon he was only able to snatch a few , and it was a new sort of labour to Archie, so that altogether he did not get on as well as hehi him to hurry up, and the poor lad tried his best to please hi, and he was hardly surprised when the proprietor came in at six o'clock with a new ,” he said to Archie, ”and I'll pay your day's wages”

So the boy was in the street once ry, that was one thing, for he had been allowed to eat a goodthe restaurant But where was he to sleep, and as he to do on the ry? His experience at looking for work had not been encouraging, and he began to have serious doubts as to whether he would ever get a place

Certainly he would starve if he waited around New York long without anything to do

It was quite dark at seven o'clock, and Archie walked over to the brilliantly lighted street which ran north and south through the city

He had never failed to find so to look at there, and he felt now that he would like to see the bright side of city life, even if he couldn't enjoy it hi he walked up and down the street, watching the well-dressed crowds hurrying into the theatres and the other almost innumerable places of amusement He stared in open-mouthed a fro half so beautiful, and if any one had told him that there were such dresses he would have told theht, must cost hundreds of dollars, and the jeith the, ho, it all was to hie, and at first wished that his hts with hiht, ”not while I aed” For Archie was beginning to wonder if he hadn'thome, whether he had not been overconfident and hot-headed But he decided to try it a few days th of ti up and down the street, which was still bright with one ho to be less popular He was still wondering hoas going to find a place to sleep, when he was accosted by a police you,” said the officer, ”and I want to knohy you are walking up and down the street at this tiht, but he remembered that he was under suspicion, so decided to tell the policeman his whole story, and perhaps he could help hi the day, and was surprised at the interest shown by the officer in the recital When he had finished he was told that he would be taken to the police station ”You needn't be afraid, my lad,” said the policeet you and send you home, that is, if you think you want to try it here a few days longer

You can sleep at the station to-night, and the next ain” So to the station they went, and Archie was, naturally, a little frightened when he saw, for the first time, the cells, and the terribly severe appearance of all his surroundings But he was given a good bed in which to sleep, and he passed a delightful night, drea of the wonderful adventures which befell hiht o'clock, and then he found the good police to take him out to breakfast, He expressed surprise that he should be so kind to hiht that officers were cross and unpleasant,” he said, ”but you're not that kind, anyhow”

”Well,” laughed the officer, ”we have to be cross very often, though we're sometimes sorry to be so But I've taken a fancy to you, s When a boy of seventeen is willing to come to New York alone, and make his oithout friends or influence of any kind, it shows a proper spirit, and he ought to succeed I know you'll get along if you only persevere I'd advise you to keep on trying”

”Oh, I' to, now,” said Archie ”I was very hoht, but since I've met you I seem to have received a new i”

So Archie and the policeht if you want a bed, and you shall be cared for,” said the officer, as he turned around the corner into the busy street, where he was lost in the crowd

Archie walked down the street, hardly knohat to do first He didn't feel like answering any o into a few stores and ask for work He was about to do this when he saw before hi of the New York Enterprise It was a truly beautiful structure, rising fifteen stories above the ground, and surmounted with an artistic tohich could be seen froreatest daily, it looked as if it were alelcoers to the metropolis, and Archie felt an irresistible i connected with a newspaper had for hi through this wonderful building, which was almost wholly occupied by the departments of the Enterprise So he entered the door, and passed frohest floor of all, where were located the editorial roo Enterprise All at once a new plan entered Archie's fertile brain Why shouldn't he be able to get soreatest ah he didn't think the editor would take hiet some sort of work in which he could work hiic words: ”Editor of the Evening enterprise No Admittance” Archie opened the door and entered He kneould be useless to send in his name It was best to see the editor at once, and without ceree desk, which was littered with papers of every description, and he was a very pleasant person in appearance Archie stood hesitating near the door, and remained there a minute or two before the editor looked up

”Well, e

”I--I want to be a reporter, sir, and I thought it would do no haruished journalist wheeled about in his chair

”What!” he exclaimed, ”you want to be a reporter Why, hteen my next birthday,” said Archie, ”and, sir, I've had some experiences in the last teeks, which make me feel as if I were about five years older than I really a experiences, sir”