Knowledge, as Bacon says, is power.
About two o'clock the stranger was dressed, had breakfasted, and having ordered a car, proceeded to Constitution Hill.

As he went up the street, he observed the numbers of the houses as well as he could, for some had numbers and some had not.

Among the latter was that he sought for, and he was consequently obliged to inquire.

At length he found it, and saw by a glance that it was one of those low lodging-houses to which country folks of humble rank--chapmen, hawkers, pedlers, and others of a, similar character--resort.

It was evident, also, that the proprietor dealt in huckstery, as he saw a shop in which there was bacon, meal, oats, eggs, potatoes, bread, and such other articles as are usually to be found in small establishments of the kind.