"Then why are they called Souls?"
"Because they——but no! That is the Mystery which cannot be divulged to the profane."
"Then what in the universe is it all about?" asked Swezey; but this was a problem to which no answer was vouchsafed.
Swezey is still going around, and still asking questions. But he has moments of despondency, in which he is inclined to allow that the poor islanders possess, after all, something akin to that boasted inheritance of his native land, the Great American Joke. "Guess they've played it on me," is the burden of his most secret meditations.
THE INFANT'S GUIDE TO KNOWLEDGE.
(Revised to date by Mr. Punch.)
Question. What is an Infant?
Answer. A guileless child who has not yet reached twenty-one years of age.
Q. What is a year?