CHAPTER XVIII.
THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD Harwood reached the capital on the afternoon of the second day after Mrs.Owen and Sylvia had gone East, and went at once to the Boordman Building.

Miss Farrell was folding and sealing letters bearing Bassett's signature.
"Hello, little stranger; I'd begun to think you had met with foul play, as the hero says in scene two, act three, of 'The Dark Switch-Lantern'-- all week at the Park Theatre at prices within the reach of all.

Business has been good, if you press me for news, but that paper-mill hasn't had much attention since you departed this life.
Everybody's saying 'Stop, Look, Listen!' When in doubt you say that,--the white aprons in the one-arm lunch rooms say it now when you kick on the size of the buns.

You will find your letters in the left-hand drawer.

I told that collector from the necktie foundry that he needn't wear himself to a shadow carrying bills up here; that you paid all your bills by check on the tenth of the month.