Our air castles are often within our grasp late in life, but then they charm not.
The subject of my article was upon the attitude of the city toward the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

It was signed anonymously and I was surprised to find it got a prominent place in the columns of the "Journal," then owned and edited by Robert M.Riddle.I, as operator, received a telegram addressed to Mr.Scott and signed by Mr.Stokes, asking him to ascertain from Mr.Riddle who the author of that communication was.

I knew that Mr.Riddle could not tell the author, because he did not know him; but at the same time I was afraid that if Mr.Scott called upon him he would hand him the manuscript, which Mr.
Scott would certainly recognize at a glance.

I therefore made a clean breast of it to Mr.Scott and told him I was the author.

He seemed incredulous.