His pride and self-confidence were deeply wounded;--his wife's elderly aunt did not believe in his omnipotence! This was a shock in itself; but what fantastic nonsense was she uttering now?
"Since I bought that stock, Morton, I've been reading the 'Courier' clean through every day, and there are some things about that paper I don't like.

I guess you and Edward Thatcher ain't so particularly religious, and when you took hold of it you cut out that religious page they used to print every Sunday.

You better tell Atwill to start that up again.

I notice, too, that the 'Courier' sneaks in little stingers at the Jews occasionally--they may just get in by mistake, but you ought to have a rule at the office against printing stories as old as the hills about Jews burning down their clothing-stores to get the insurance.

I've known a few Gentiles that did that.