"Listen to this, you fellows. This is from the National Obscurity
Society. You know a chap with a German name is president of it,
but he's a real patriot, hundred per cent, not fifty-fifty, Philly.
'The following States have abolished the teaching of German:
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois,
Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado,
Montana, California, and Oregon.' _Abolished_, mind you! What
do you think of that?"
"Most excellent Phippick," nodded Rosenlaube, "I opine, as Horace
said to Cicero, 'That's the stuff,' or words to that effect. What
saith the senator from Mitchellville?"
"Noble," grinned Phil, "unmistakably noble! Those Obscurity fellows
are a fiery lot. It reminds me that during the late war with Spain,
when I was a little, tiny boy, but brimful of ferocity, I refused
to eat my favorite dessert because it was called _Spanish_
cream. I felt sure at the time that my heroic conduct was of distinct
assistance to Dewey in the battle of Manila Bay.
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