CHAPTER XXIV.

BEN TRANSFORMED. Ben worked away steadily at his double occupation, saving money as well as he could; but he met with no more profitable adventures. His earnings were gradual. Some weeks he laid by as much as a dollar and a half, or even two dollars, but other weeks he barely reached a dollar. So the end of March came before he was able to carry out the object which he had in view. One morning about this time Ben carefully counted up his deposits, and found they amounted to fifty dollars and thirty-seven cents. It …