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 to hear bees in his own belfry. But after I'd told him who was President and had named the capitals of thirty States, he agreed we might be what we didn't seem. 'For,' he concluded, confidentially, 'if ever I saw a trifling light glint in a man's eye it is your partner's there.'

"‘Alack a day,' muttered Tib, 'plots and more plots! Now, see here, children, we've got to play our parts until the general intellect of this town clears up a bit. This head fanatic is some college professor, I guess, and he's hypnotized himself into believing for the moment that he's James of England. Now we must humor him or he'll never recover. So, try and inhale the same kind of dope, and at the first opening we'll leave bloody England for the quiet shores of Beanville. Hi, you halberdier!' he cried through the open window to one of the guards—'want to earn fifty cents?'

"The man jabbed at us playfully with his spear and mumbled something about the king.

"‘See?' cried Tib, 'the old one has led these poor incompetents into believing he's king and they are his subjects.' Then to the guard again, taking care to keep out of range: 'What's your name, fellow? Not your stage name, but your real The guard looked puzzled for a moment, and then replied, slowly: 'Why, I was always called Al