Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-02-23
The Chronicles of Grover.

clamor and outcry about certain
islands of the sea; for in times past
the ruler of those islands was o
queen who was a Harlot, and the
people thereof rose up against hei
and took the government from her
And when they had given the gov
eminent to one of their own number
the chief men of the island went
down into a ship and sailed for
America, where Benjamin, wise
man then ruled, and they told Ben
jamin of all that had been done; and
Benjamin gave ear unto them, and
when they asked that he might take
the islands and make them part OF
his own country, he said, "Verily,
these islands are a goodly heritage,
and / will take them in"
So, straightway he wrote a mes
sage unto the Senate and a treaty,
that the Senate might agree unto 1t.
But it came to pass that In the
eleventh month of that same year
the people elected Grover to be
ruler, because they thought anybody
would do.
And after Grover was crowned he
also sent a message unto that Senate,
and said "Return to me the treaty
which Benjamin hath sent you, for
I like il not. and will not let you
ratify it, because it is not good"
So the Senate sent the treaty to
Grover, and he called in unto him
Walter, his Prime Minister, whom
the tribe of Benjamin had cast aside.
And Grover said unto him:
"This Benjamin l despise; for he
hath gotten to himself great glory
by this thing, and if l follow him,
then will all the people say, Lo! he
followeth Benjamin. Tell me, Wal
ter, what is meet to do, or by the
great horned spoons, off comes your
head"
Then Walter trembled, and drew
near, and said: "Let not my lord
Grover be troubled. If thou latest
Benjamin, do not | hate him more.
Hath he not snubbed me and cast
me down? Wherefore now let us
send unto these islands Blount, the
Georgian, to spy out the land and
see if peradventure he may be able
to show us a way out of the hole"
Ill
Now Grover was well pleased, and
he sent for Blount, and when he was
come, he drew near and kissed Grow
er on his second chin, and Grover
was more tickled than ever, and gave
him ticket to the land of Honey
Lulu, and letter Of introduction TO
Lilly-wocky-lany.
And when Blount was gone Grow
er called for wine and was exceed
ingIy glad, and he danced and sang
SWAT Till the Clouds Roll By" in
such loud voice that the hired girl
thought the palace was afre.
And it was so that it happened as
Grover wished, and his spy reported
all those things which he had been
sent to do.
Then did Grover send an Ambas-
sador, whose name was Willis, to
hose islands, he sent letter to the
chief ruler thereof, and another let.
ter to Lilly-wocky-lany; and the let.
ter TO the chief ruler did Willis have
in his right hand, and the letter to
Lilly did he have in his inside pocket.
And in the letter to the chief ruler
ne professed friendship, and in let
.er to Lilly he said: Behold, now
Inn angry because you have been
abused by Benjamin and Stevens.
Set thee up now and make ready,
tor | shall by my own servants re
store thee; for am | not Grover, and
who shall dare to stand before me?"
"
Now when these things were
known, all the chief Republicans
we're exceedingly angry
So Grover, fearing lest he should
loo much provoke the people, sent a
message unto the Senate, telling
some of the things he had done
about the islands, and making ex-
Eases for himself.
But the message pleased not the
Republicans, nor the Democrats, nor
my one save those who were of no
party and no faith save Growers.
Then Grover, after he had sent the
Message, he called unto him Daniel,
lis chief consider, and said unto
lin: "Daniel, thou seest that / am
n deep dark hole. Mine enemies
1--WE me no rest neither day nor
light. There is Reed, and Boutelle,
nd Hoar, and Hill, and Dana, the
neanest Of ALL" Then Daniel set
orth to find some succor for his