Mr.Pierce's moment had come.
Some one, and it is unnecessary to mention the sex, had given a sigh, and regretted that nineteenth century life was so prosaic and unromantic.

Clearing his throat, quite as much to pre-empt the pause as to articulate the better, Mr.Pierce spoke: "That modern times are less romantic and interesting than bygone centuries is a fallacy.

From time immemorial, love and the battle between evil and good are the two things which have given the world romance and interest.

Every story, whether we find it in the myths of the East, the folklore of Europe, the poems of the Troubadours, or in our newspaper of this morning, is based on one or the other of these factors, or on both combined.

Now it is a truism that love never played so important a part as now in shaping the destinies of men and women, for this is the only century in which it has obtained even a partial divorce from worldly and parental influences.