He Was The Only Millionaire

"When I was a boy in thia town," a gray bcard said as he passed Jay Gould in Wall street, "I was walking along Broadway one day with my sire when he pointed out a bent oíd Germán going up the steps of his house. 'Look at that man and you'll see tho only millionaire in the United States.' I loolred with wonderas he told me that a ruillionaire was worth a mülion dollars, and í saw John Jacob Astor. Il ia grandsons can now toss up a hundred times as much, so can t!ic Vanderbiits and so can Jay Gould. I teil you that a mere millionaire isn't worth looking at üi this town nowadays. Dy and by Tou'll see a biilionaire!'1