CHAPTER XVI.
BEN FINDS TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT "Oh, Ben, what shall we do ?" exclaimed Mrs.Barclay, when she heard Mr.Crawford had sold out his business.
"We'll get along somehow, mother.

Something will be sure to turn up." Ben spoke more cheerfully than he felt.

He knew very well that Pentonville presented scarcely any field for a boy, unless he was willing to work on a farm.

Now, Ben had no objections to farm labor, provided he had a farm of his own, but at the rate such labor was paid in Pentonville, there was very little chance of ever rising above the position of a "hired man," if he once adopted the business.

Our young hero felt that this would not satisfy him.