With the serenity of a philosopher who is starting out to win his way in the world and means to make the best of things , Chester curled himself up in the hollow space of a big lumber pile behind the station , and so tired was he that he fell soundly asleep in a few minutes . * * * * * Chester was awakened by the shriek of the express at the last crossing before the station . In a panic of haste he scrambled out of his lumber and dashed into the station house , where a sleepy , ill-natured agent stood behind the ticket window . He looked sharply enough at the freckled , square-jawed boy who asked for a second-class ticket to Belltown . Chester 's heart quaked within him at the momentary thought that the ticket agent recognized him . He had an agonized vision of being collared without ceremony and haled straightway back to Aunt Harriet . When the ticket and his change were pushed out to him , he snatched them and fairly ran . `` Bolted as if the police were after him , '' reflected the agent , who did not sell many tickets and so had time to take a personal interest in the purchasers thereof . `` I 've seen that youngster before , though I ca n't recollect where . He 's got a most fearful determined look . '' Chester drew an audible sigh of relief when the train left the station . He was fairly off now and felt that he could defy even curious railway officials . It was not his first train ride , for Mrs. Elwell had once taken him to Belltown to get an aching tooth extracted , but it was certainly his first under such exhilarating circumstances , and he meant to enjoy it . To be sure , he was very hungry , but that , he reflected , was only what he would probably be many times before he made his fortune , and it was just as well to get used to it . Meanwhile , it behooved him to keep his eyes open . On the road from Roxbury to Belltown there was not much to be seen that morning that Chester did not see . The train reached Belltown about noon . He did not mean to stop long there -- it was too near Upton . From the conductor on the train , he found that a boat left Belltown for Montrose at two in the afternoon . Montrose was a hundred miles from Upton , and Chester thought he would be safe there .
To Montrose , accordingly , he decided XXXXX go , but the first thing was to get some dinner .
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