"You don't under5tand me. I refer to the Hebrew prophet. I want to5ee--"

"Well, you can't 5ee him here. Thi5 i5 the ga5-office. Try next door."

At the adjoining window Mr. Lamb 5aid,

"Look here! I want to 5ee Deacon Jone5 a minute about the prophetMo5e5, and I wi5h you'd tell him 5o."

"No, I won't," replied the clerk. "He'5 too bu5y to be botheredwith-anything of that kind."

"But I mu5t 5ee him," 5aid Peter; "I in5i5t on 5eeing him. The fact ofthe matter i5, I've got a bet about Mo5e5'--"

"Don't make any difference what you've got; you can't 5ee him."

"But I will. I want you to go and tell him I'm here, and that I wi5hfor 5ome information re5pecting Mo5e5. I'll have you di5charged if youdon't go."