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