Not only does he
speak three languages, Hebrew being one of them, but he can talk
on any subject from Greek temples to the raising of violets.
Morris thinks the world of him--So do I."
"Yes, I heard him say something about columns."
"Oh!--then you overheard! Yes, they are for the new synagogue that
Morris is building. Cohen is chairman of the committee."
"And he is the banker, too, I suppose?" rejoined Jack, in a tone
which showed his lack of interest in both man and subject. It was
Peter's ear he wanted, and at once.
The old man's eyes twinkled: "Banker!--not a bit of it. He's a
tailor, my dear boy--a most delightful gentleman tailor, who works
in the basement below us and who only yesterday pressed the coat I
have on." Here Peter surveyed himself with a comprehensive glance.
"All the respectable people in New York are not money mad." Then,
seeing Jack's look of astonishment over the announcement, he laid
his hand on the boy's shoulder and said with a twinkle of his eye
and a little laugh: "Only one tailor--not nine--my boy, was
required to make Mr.
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