"I have the street-railways.

They're not going to rout me out of here.

I can sell stocks and bonds to the public direct if need be! There are plenty of private people who are glad to invest in these properties." At this psychological moment enter, as by the hand of Fate, the planet Mars and the University.

This latter, from having been for years a humble Baptist college of the cheapest character, had suddenly, through the beneficence of a great Standard Oil multimillionaire, flared upward into a great university, and was causing a stir throughout the length and breadth of the educational world.
It was already a most noteworthy spectacle, one of the sights of the city.

Millions were being poured into it; new and beautiful buildings were almost monthly erected.