“Where are you from?”
“Brookdale,” replied Jerry.
“Brookdale,—I never heard of that place; where is it?”
“It is in Maine,” answered Jerry, who was rather surprised that the man should ask such a question.
“Come from there to-day?” continued the clerk.
“Yes, sir.”
“And what are you going to do in Boston?”
“I’m going to sea.”
“Have you got any baggage?”
“Nothing but this,” replied Jerry, holding up his bundle.