STONEMAN IN HEAVEN.

The Seraphs came to Christ, and said: "Behold! The man, presumptuous and overbold, Who boasted that his mercy could excel Thine own, is dead and on his way to Hell."

Gravely the Saviour asked: "What did he do To make his impious assertion true?"

"He was a Governor, releasing all The vilest felons ever held in thrall. No other mortal, since the dawn of time, Has ever pardoned such a mass of crime!"

Christ smiled benignly on the Seraphim: "Yet I am victor, for I pardon him."