A STARTLING EVENT Though Ben had failed in the main object of his expedition, he returned to Pentonville in excellent spirits.

He felt that he had been a favorite of fortune, and with good reason.

In one day he had acquired a sum equal to five weeks' wages.

Added to the dollar Mr.
Crawford had contributed toward his expenses, he had been paid twenty-one dollars, while he had spent a little less than two.

It is not every country boy who goes up to the great city who returns with an equal harvest.