A BOY'S FORTUNE;
OR,
The Strange Adventures of Ben Baker
CHAPTER I.
Oliver Hitchcok's Lunch-Room.
"Wake up there! This is no place to sleep."
The speaker was a policeman, the scene was City Hall Park, and the person addressed was a boy of perhaps sixteen, who was reclining on one of the park benches, with a bundle at his side.
The officer accompanied his admonition with a shaking which served to arouse the young sleeper.