To what should I turn?
Politics interested me but little, with its eternal strife between the Republicans and the Democrats.

Neither did I care for the news of society, nor for the sporting page.

You will not be surprised, then, that my first idea was to see if there was any news from North Carolina about the Great Eyrie.

There was little hope of this, however, for Mr.Smith had promised to telegraph me at once if anything occurred.

I felt quite sure that the mayor of Morganton was as eager for information and as watchful as could have been myself.