The joy of knowing that he had not made a mistake was great.

In giving rein to ambitions long forborne he seemed to get back to the youth when he had indulged them first; and after half a lifetime passed in pursuits alien to his nature, he was feeling the serene happiness of being mated through his work to his early love.

From the outside the spectacle might have had its pathos, and it is not easy to justify such an experiment as he had made at his time of life, except upon the ground where he rested from its consideration--the ground of necessity.
His work was more in his thoughts than himself, however; and as the time for the publication of the first number of his periodical came nearer, his cares all centred upon it.

Without fixing any date, Fulkerson had announced it, and pushed his announcements with the shameless vigor of a born advertiser.

He worked his interest with the press to the utmost, and paragraphs of a variety that did credit to his ingenuity were afloat everywhere.