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36 "But they were Wise Men of Gotham," said Boodle. "Yes, and always dwelt there. They simply loved Dantzig in Gotham."

"Is Dantzig in Gotham?" asked Mummy.

"They were, Dear Lady, most of the day and all the night."

Mummy smiled.

"What were they, Buthter?" inquired the puzzled Vice.

"Dantzig," was the reply. "Dantzig all over the place. Dantzig in Gotham, you know. They Dantzed with each other, mostly."

"That's better Tosh," put in the President kindly. "What was the end of them?"

"Well—one lepped so much in Dantzig that he became a leper. A confirmed professing leper, and it was no good arguing with him."

"And the other Withe Man?" put in the Vice.

"Oh, he bounded in Dantzig, frightfully," was the answer. "Became a perfect bounder. People didn't like it. They were expelled from the Senior Curlton Club of Dantzig, who won't keep lepers and bounders. Not anyhow. Then the two Wise Men took up the cause of Pro-