H. (turning coin)—Head, Miles; tail, Shafter.
C.—Well?
H.—It is a smooth coin! (Writes) “The army before Santiago had no commander.”
FROSTING A BUD
McKinley, President. Hay, Secretary of State. Mark Hanna, Senator and Dictator Politicus.
McKinley—John, I am greatly troubled.
Hay—Permit me to send for the head of the Bureau of Exculpation and Avoidance.
McK.—Not to-day; it is another kind of matter.
H.—Ah, then; the Lord High Disheartener of the Importunate——