Chapter XXII

The accident which caused the death of Lucia Endicott was quickly forgotten. It featured in the papers for a day or two, and then gave way to other more recent tragedies, and new feats of the air; and the toll of death went merrily on, as society took a careless hand in the mysteries and experiments of science. Lucia’s funeral services had been held at fashionable funeral parlors where her set usually repaired when one of their merry company was compelled to die. The officiating clergyman was from the fashionable c…