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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."