These interviews proved very successful when published in the Evening Enterprise, and Mr. Jennings had him continue them during all the weeks Archie was connected with the paper.  And of course he did other things, too, work which took him into every part of the great city, looking up this event, or investigating this reported disappearance or murder.  Archie was quite successful in this line, too, and, as he was being paid by the column, his weekly income was something larger than he had ever dared to hope for in all his life.  He was now enabled to study his stenography at the best school, and to indulge himself in many things which had been denied him before.  He could, for instance, attend the performances of grand opera, and hear the great musical artists of the world.  He was able, too, to read the best literature, and he gradually learned to appreciate all the many good things in life.  He was very glad to find himself broadening in such a way, for he realised that he would not always want to be a “Boy Reporter,” and that he had better be developing his mind in every possible way.

He had not been back long in New York before he met all his old friends.  One of the first upon whom he called was the good policeman who had been so very kind to him when he had no place to sleep.  The large-hearted man was as enthusiastic over his success as if he had been his own son, and Archie felt that here was one true friend upon whom he could always depend.  The policeman never tired of telling about that first night when he found Archie walking up and down Broadway, and he always spoke of him to the other officers as “that boy of mine.”  So the boy, who was now a full-fledged reporter, spent as much time with this friend as possible, and many a time he sat at the station-house telling them all of his adventures in the Orient.

Another friend whom he met was the great railway president with whom he had travelled to Chicago on his way to San Francisco.  Archie had liked this man from the very first, and he felt that in him he would always find a friend, because he had shown such interest in his first undertaking.  And when he called upon him in his elegant office, he received a very cordial greeting.

“No, indeed,” said the great man of affairs, “I have never forgotten our trip West together, and I have followed you with much interest through the columns of the Enterprise.  And I am glad that you are back again in New York, for I hope to see a great deal of you.  You must come up to my house some evening and tell us all about yourself.”

Archie was naturally much surprised to receive an invitation of this kind, but he resolved to accept it, nevertheless.

Bill Hickson was now employed in the Brooklyn navy yard.  He had been featured for several days in the Enterprise, and had enjoyed the excitement of New York for awhile, but he decided he would like to be at work.  So one day Archie learned that he was working at the navy yard.