ne of these men, give him
their baggage tickets and then ask him to show them his carriage.
Stuyvesant accordingly did the same. He spoke to a man who was
standing there with a whip in his hand and asking every body if they
wanted a carriage.

"I want a carriage," said Stuyvesant. "I want to go to the Marlboro'
Hotel."

"Yes," said the man, eagerly. "I'll take you right there. Walk this
way and I'll show you the carriage."

So Stuyvesant followed the man and got into his carriage. At the same
time he gave him his check and said, "That's for my trunk." The man
took the check and went away. In about ten minutes he returned with
the trunk, and after fastening it upon the carriage behind, he got
upon the box and drove away.

Stuyvesant had a very fine time at the Marlboro' Hotel. He had a good
bed-room to sleep in that night, and an excellent breakfast the next
morning. He took a little walk in Washington-street after breakfast,
and then wrote a short letter to Phonny to tell him how well he had
got along on his journey. He wrote this letter in his room, having all
the necessary materials in his portfolio. When his letter was
finished, he brought it to the office of the hotel, and asked the
clerk how he could get that letter to the post-office.

"Put it right in there," said the clerk.

So saying, the clerk pointed to a letter-box on the counter, with an
opening at the top, and Stuyvesant dropped the letter in. He then
told the clerk that he wished to go to New York that day by the
afternoon train. The clerk said that it was very well, and that he
would have a carriage ready at the proper time to take him to the
station. Stuyvesant had no idea where the station was, or what the
arrangements would be there about checks and tickets; but he had no
doubt that he should find plenty of people there who were going to New
York that day, and that he could very easily find out, by observing
them, what he would have to do.

And so it proved. He had no difficulty whatever. In fact, all that he
had to do was to throw himself, as it were, into the current, and be
floated along to New York without any care or concern. He arrived very
safely there at last, and his father was quite proud of him when he
found that he had come all the way home alone.

THE END.

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