Isaac Rules

Ben stopped and stood motionless, holding his breath. It didn't help; he couldn't stop shaking. Yet nobody had stared at him. How could they not notice? He was amazed nobody paid him any attention. He continued walking slowly along the water end of State Street and veered toward the left wharf just as the owner of his rooming house told him...Ben shuffled along the uneven cobblestones, taking deep breaths. He could see the three-master just up ahead.

When Ben departs Boston in 1859 for his ...