"
Who'll shake his hand?
"I," said the Fever,
"And I'm no deceiver,
I'll shake his hand."
Who brings him the wine?
"I," said Quinine,
"It's a habit of mine,
I'll come with his wine."
Who'll put him to proof?
"I," said All Earth,
"Whatever he's worth,
I'll put to the proof."
Who'll choose him for Knight?
"I," said his Mother,
"Before any other,
My very own knight!"
And after this fashion, adventure to seek,
Was Sir Galahad made--as it might be last week!
THE PUZZLER
I had not seen Penfentenyou since the Middle Nineties, when he
was Minister of Ways and Woodsides in De Thouar's first
Administration. Last summer, though he nominally held the same
portfolio, he was his Colony's Premier in all but name, and the
idol of his own province, which is two and a half times the size
of England.
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