act like an insane man, and can we be held for an insane man’s purchases?” And they were filled with great rejoicing.  And the broker did go into the board, and did act like an insane man, and PHYSKE and divers other persons did retain their shekels.  And it was Friday when they did these things, and when they had done them they laughed until they were black in their faces, and the day—­is it not called Black Friday?

Then PHYSKE did bring unto himself other boats and other roads, and waxed powerful, and became great in the land, and he was much interviewed by the scribes of a certain paper, “It shines for all,” which, being interpreted, is the Moon, and his sayings—­can they not be found in the pages of “It shines for all,” which, being interpreted, is the Moon, and are they not preserved there for two centuries?

And then it came to pass that PHYSKE sat himself down and sighed because there were no more worlds to conquer.  But straightway he resolved to become a Colonel.  So certain persons endeavored to make him commander of the 99th regiment of foot, but a certain old centurion, which is Brains, ran against him and overcame him.  But the soldiers said unto each other, “Is it not better that we should have body than brains, and had we not better take unto ourselves the fleshpots?” So they deposed Brains and chose the Prince of Eareye as their commander.  And he straightway submitted them to twelve temptations.  Now it happened, that, as he was marching at the head of his soldiers in the place wherein these twelve temptations are kept, a certain servant of one Mammon did serve upon him a paper, which is called a summons, and did command him to pay for his butter.  At which PHYSKE was much enraged and did wax wroth.  And thereupon he did march and countermarch his soldiers many times.  And he ordered another coat of many colors, and lo! in all Chatham Street there was not cloth enough to make it, so they brought it from a foreign land.  And it came to pass that he and the centurion, which is Brains—­for should not body and brains work together?—­did march the soldiers down the street which is called Broadway, and did take them to the Branch which is called Long, and there did divers curious things, all which are they not found in the paper, “It shines for all,” which, being interpreted, is the Moon?

Now it happened that one HO RACE GREL HE, being a Prussian, did fall upon PHYSKE and did berate him in a paper, which is called the Try Buin.  And PHYSKE became very wroth and did stop the sale of the paper, which is called the Try Buin, upon his roads.  And HO RACE GREL HE, being a Prussian, was sore afraid, and did fall straightway upon his knees, and did say, “Lo, your servant has sinned!  I pray thee forgive him.”  And PHYSKE did say, “I forgive thee,” which, being interpreted, is, “All right, old coon, don’t let me catch you at it again.”

And PHYSKE did divers other strange and curious things, but are they not written down daily by the scribes of the paper, “It shines for all,” which, being interpreted, is the Moon, and cannot he who runs, read them there?