But what an old-world tragedy we are unearthing here! I declare"-- and the good lady actually rubbed her eyes--"I feel as if transported back to mediaeval days.

Who says we are living in New York within sound of the cable car and the singing of the telegraph wire ?" "Some men are perfectly capable of bringing the mediaeval into Wall Street.

I think Mr.Adams was one of those men.

Romanticism tinged all his acts, even the death he died.

Nor did it cease with his death.