Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898
Chapter 22
At the Threshold of a New World's View.--The "Modus Vivendi."--Letters to Sir Donald.--Oswald and the Newsboy.--Escorted to "Old Slip."--The Arraignment.--"Turn Your Kidnaper Loose."--Diplomatic Man-Catcher.--Oswald Attends Church.--"Overcoming the World."--Meets Claude Leslie in Central Park.--Enigma to Social Belles.--Claude Leaves for the West.--Marco Salvini.--At Saint Vincent's.--The Delirium.--"The Star! The Star! Mother!"--Inverted Spike-Prints.--Mystic Whisperings--The Letter.