"What is ours?" I asked.
"The knowledge we sought;" and he pointed to the inscription,
NEW YORK STOCK EXC....
He was tremulous with joy.
| "'The knowledge we sought;' and he pointed to the inscription." |
| 1902, by Frederick A. Stokes Company. Printed in America. |
"Thou hast heard of Nhū-Yok, O my Prince?"
I answered that I had read of it at school.
"Thou art in it now!" he said. "We are standing on the Western Continent. Little wonder we thought our voyage long!"
"And what was Nhū-Yok?" I asked. "I read of it at college, but remember little. Was it not the capital of the ancient Mehrikans?"
"Not the capital," he answered, "but their largest city. Its population was four millions."