n Monday morning Archie was at the depot waiting for the train.
His mother was there to see him off, and there were tears in her eyes
at the thought of parting with her only child, if only for a day or two.
And Archie was radiant with delight at the glorious prospect ahead of
him. He walked nervously up and down the platform, and wished frequently
that it were not so early in the morning, so that some of the boys might
be there to see him off. Finally, the great hissing locomotive drew up,
with its long train of coaches, and Archie was soon aboard, hurrying off
to Heddens Corner and the city. In a few minutes Uncle Henry was with
him, a tall, fine-looking man, with an air of business. Uncle Henry
kept the general store at the Corner, and was an important person in the
neighbourhood. He was of some importance in the city, too, for his
name was known in politics, and his custom was always desired at
the wholesale stores. So Archie was going to see the city under good
auspices, if his uncle would only have time to take him about with him.

After a couple of hours, during which Archie kept his face glued to
the window-pane, watching the flying landscape, the great train pulled
through a long, dark tunnel, and finally entered an immense shed,
covered with glass where it came to a final stop. Crowds left the
coaches, and passed out of the station, where they were swallowed up in
the great rush of traffic. Some drove away in cabs and carriages. Some
entered the street-cars, and some went up a stairway and entered what
seemed to Archie a railway train in the air.

Uncle Henry told Archie to follow him carefully, and they, too, were
soon flying away from the neighbourhood of the terminal, past hotels,
stores, and dwellings, until they finally left the trolley-car, and
passed through a cross street into a long, quiet thoroughfare which
looked old enough to have been there for a hundred years. The houses
were built far back from the street, with pillars in front, and into one
of these quaint old dwellings went Archie and his uncle.

"I always stop down-town," explained Uncle Henry, "because I am near to
the great wholesale establishments. It is central to the retail stores,
too, and to many of the places of interest."

When they were settled in their room, Uncle Henry explained that he
would have to be away most of this first day, but that to-morrow he
would take Archie out and show him the sights. So Archie expected to
remain