IN the Dead of Night
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“Apparently it’s the same old town,” said he. “A little lighter, a few more people; but the same cocksureness, the same air of being the goal of all human effort. “With a smile, he lay back in his chair and watched the tide ebbing along. It was a November night, and the pulse of Broadway beat heavily: the stream of life that flowed through the great artery was as flippant and as garish as a vaudeville. An orchestra was droning behind some palms in the Berlin; it played one of those Indian things, filled with the throb of tom-toms and unusual combinations of tone.
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