He talked, and he talked, and he talked; he said he wuz bound to start for Washington, D. C.

Sez I, “Are you crazy?”

Sez he, “It hain’t no further from here than it is from Jonesville, and I am needed there.”

Sez he, “I am goin’ there to offer my services as a International Delegate, as a Delegate Extraordinary,” sez he.

And I sez, “I should think as much; I should think you would be a extraordinary one.”

“Wall,” sez he, “in national crysisses they have delegates by that name—I have read of ’em.”

THE BUTTER-MAKER UP IN ZOAR.”