They were monuments of laborious, elaborate neatness, the trite moralities and ready-made aphorisms of the philanthropists and publicists, repeated from page to page with wearying insistence.

"I, too, am an American Citizen.

S.D.," "As the Twig is Bent the Tree is Inclined," "Truth Crushed to Earth Will Rise Again," "As for Me, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death," and last of all, a strange intrusion amongst the mild, well-worn phrases, two legends.

"My motto--Public Control of Public Franchises," and "The P.and S.W.

is an Enemy of the State." "I see," commented Presley, "you mean the little tad to understand 'the situation' early." "I told him he was foolish to give that to Sid to copy," said Mrs.
Dyke, with indulgent remonstrance.