Item - Up and Down; or, The Castle in the Air

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Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University (Note: The type of this edition was printed up to the fore edge, cutting off the last letters of each line, making hard to read.)
Series:	Good News — v. 6 no. 140 — pages 2230-2231
Subject / Tag:	Sketch
Part of:	Good News, v. 6, no. 140, January 7, 1893 (Issue)
Author:	Optic, Oliver, 1822-1897 (pseudonym used by Adams, William T. (William Taylor), 1822-1897)
Date:	January 7, 1893
First Sentence:	"This being in a bank is dull, stupid business, Dick," said George Lane; and the curl on his lip indicated even more strongly than his words the contempt he felt for his occupation.
Last Sentence:	He is better and a truer man than though he had not passed through the dark valley of adversity, and we doubt not he will leave "footprints on the sands of time."