Grover's Problem

The president sal in hls easy chalr, Wit ii i.aiiinni as oloee as eoald he. And pi tsni.'iit's w i ie sat over there, VVIth lier sewlng upun lier kneo. Sald the president: "Dan, liere's a Job for you ; My heitd for the problem's too thlek, Beforc y.ni retire I wisli you woulddo A sum In arithmetlc. "W'lth tweuty-fivecongresstnen liwt'lhlsyi-iir - W lilch seeniH nearly to be our fate. Wbere wlll we be- say. Dan. do you hear? In the aui umii of elghty-elglit f" Dan bit at bis nalls, and scratehed hls liead. Kor die problem puzzled hlm so. ¦ hy, iiüiybe, perliaps," lie staiumered and said, Then deelured he dldn't know. The sweet little lady over there Looked up, hut Dot ut the men. And softly said, wlth a faraway air "His teelli wlll be eut by then." Tlie president lookeU before hlm straight, And hls frown made Daniel wlnce "My teeth wlll be cut by elght-elght" I thought they were cut. long slnce." Tbe;sweet little lady bung down her head So lnsy wlth seanis aud Mis A ml bluxhlng a little, she softly said "I was thinking of sometbing else."