tionary and in all vocabularies.

"'I don't care what you think,' retorted his Majesty. 'It's what I don't
think that goes;' and he commanded his imps to prepare the gallows on
the third Thursday of each month for Bonaparte's expiation; ordered his
secretary to send Bonaparte a type-written notice that his presence on
each occasion was expected, and gave orders to the police to see that he
was there willy-nilly. Naturally Bonaparte resisted, and appealed to the
courts. Blackstone sustained his appeal, and Nicholas overruled him.
The first Thursday came, and the police went for the Emperor, but he was
surrounded by a good half of the men who had fought under him, and
the minions of the law could do nothing against them. In consequence,
Bonaparte's brother, Joseph, a quiet, inoffensive citizen, was dragged
from his home and hanged in his place, Nicholas contending that when a
soldier could not, or would not, serve, the government had a right to
expect a substitute. Well," said Boswell, at this point, "that set
all Hades on fire. We were divided as to Bonaparte's deserts, but the
hanging of other people as substitutes was too much. We didn't know
who'd be substituted next. The English backed up Blackstone, of course.
The French army backed up Bonaparte. The inoffensive citizens were
aroused in behalf of Joseph, for they saw at once whither they
were drifting if the substitute idea was carried out to its logical
conclusion; and in half an hour the administration was on the
defensive, which, as you know, is a very, very, very bad thing for an
administration."

"It is, if it desires to be returned to office," said I.

"It is anyhow," replied Boswell through the medium of the keys. "It's
in exactly the same position as that of a humorist who has to print
explanatory diagrams with all of his jokes. The administration papers
were hot over the situation. The king can do no wrong idea was worked
for all it was worth, but beyond this they drew pathetic pictures of
the result of all these deplorable tendencies. What was Hades for, they
asked, if a man, after leading a life of crime in the other world, was
not to receive his punishment there? The attitude of the opposition was
a radical and vicious blow at the vital principles of the sphere itself.
The opposition papers coolly and calmly took the position that the vital
principles of Hades were all right; that it was the extreme view as to
the power of the Emperor taken by that per