Send your address at once
to Eastborough, 'Herald' office. ALGERNON H."
[Illustration: ALICE RECOVERS HER SIGHT (ACT IV.)]
Then began the days of weary waiting; the careful examination of the
"Herald" each morning, to be sure that the advertisements were in, for
both had been paid for a week in advance. The request for mail made
every morning at the "Herald" office received a stereotyped "no" for
answer; then he vowed that he would advertise no more, but would enlist
other aids in the search.
On the morning of the eighth day Quincy stood upon the steps of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. He was undecided which way to go. It is in such
cases of absolute uncertainty that unseen powers should give their aid,
if they ever do, for then it is most needed. He did not hear any angels'
voices, but he crossed over Broadway and started up town on the
right-hand side of that great thoroughfare. As he walked on he glanced
at the shop windows, for they were resplendent with holiday gifts, for
Christmas was only one short week away.
Just beyond the corner of Broadway and Twenty-ninth Street his attention
was attracted by a wax figure in a milliner's window.
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