CHAPTER IX—SUMNER BADGER MAKES A WILL AND, UNWITTINGLY, A DISCLOSURE

“A man there was who died of late

Whom angels did impatient wait,

With outstretched arms and smiles of love

To take him to the Realms Above.

“While angels hovered in the skies

Disputing who should bear the prize,

In slipped the Devil like a weasel