"The President of these United States," suggested Alan pompously.
"Never!" responded Jessie fervently. "I'm a Democrat, you know, so I don't want him. But you're in the right track. Polly, who is it?"
"General Grant," said Polly.
"He died ever so long ago, Polly," corrected Alan.
"Oh, yes, so he did. Well, let's see. The Mayor of Omaha?"
"No! No! No!" said Jessie. "I didn't say it was a man, any way.
It's a woman; she's an English-man and she's a queen."
"Jessie!" And Katharine dropped into a chair, too much horrified to say more.
"You don't mean to say," queried Polly, "that you've been and gone and asked Queen Victoria to send you her autograph?"
Jessie nodded triumphantly.
"Well, she won't," returned Polly, with deliberate emphasis, while
Alan laughed, and laughed again at the absurd idea.