n done with his trunk. It had been removed from the place
where he had left it, but after a time he found it, with others, on
another platform near the railroad track. He supposed that that was
the place where the train was to come in.

He was right in this supposition, for in a few minutes the sound of
the whistle was heard in the distance, and soon afterward the train
came thundering in. It slackened its speed as it advanced, and finally
stopped opposite to the platform on which Stuyvesant was standing. The
baggage-master put the trunks into the baggage car, and the passengers
got into the passenger cars, and in a very few minutes the bell rang,
and the train began to move on again. Stuyvesant got an excellent seat
near a window.

"Now," said he, "for Beechnut's rule."

So Stuyvesant opened his note, and read as follows:--

"UNIVERSAL RULE FOR INEXPERIENCED TRAVELERS.

"Keep a quiet mind, and do as other people
do. BEECHNUT."

"That's just what I have been doing all the time," said Stuyvesant to
himself, as soon as he had read the paper. "I found out Beechnut's
rule myself, before he told me."

This was true; for Stuyvesant's instinctive good sense and sagacity
had taught him that when traveling with a multitude of other people,
who were almost all perfectly familiar with the usages of the road, a
stranger would always find sufficient means of guidance in his
observation of those about him. It gave Stuyvesant pleasure to think
that he had found out the way to travel himself, and he was very glad
to have the wisdom of the method which he had adopted, confirmed by
Beechnut's testimony.

During the whole of the journey to Boston, Stuyvesant guided himself
by observation of those about him. When the conductor came for the
tickets Stuyvesant looked to see what the others did, and then did the
same himself. At one time the cars stopped, and all the passengers
rose from their seats and seemed to be going out. Stuyvesant
accordingly rose and went with them. There was a man on the platform,
who called out as the people stepped down from the cars, "Passengers
for Boston will take the forward cars on the right." Stuyvesant
followed the crowd and entered with them into the cars of another
train. In fact the travelers had arrived at what is called a
_junction_, that is to a place where they come upon a railroad
belonging to another company, and here of course they took another