How wrong can one man be in one lifetime?
I wonder now _why_ he changed the calendar. I wonder now what poor devil
he destroyed then. But _I'll_ cheat him!
I'll cheat him yet!
* * * * *
Obituary, _Trran Bacon-Sntinl_,
Fbruary 16, 1
Th unfortunat and untimly dmis of Gorg W. Booth is hrby notd with sorrow
by thos who knw and lovd him.
Mr. Booth, formr ditor and publishr of th _Bacon-Sntinl_ of Nw San
Francisco, Dirctorat of North Amrica, had apparntly bn in poor helth for
som tim. It is blivd that worry ovr th succss of his nw policy-stting
_Trran Bacon-Sntinl_ was a contributing factor in his suicid lat in th
aftrnoon of Fbruary 14.
His Most Imprial Majsty Kyl th First has ordrd a fitting monumnt to his
lat lamntd frind. A simpl shaft of granit shall b rctd in th gardn
facing th Ast Wing of Kylton Palac, whr Mr. Booth mad his residnc. On th
shaft shall b inscribd th lgnd:
"How bautous mankind is! Oh brav nw world,
That has much peepl in't!"
Th quotation is from _Th Tmpst_. Mr. Booth was a grat admirr of
Shakspar.
An vn mor fitting and long-livd mmorial is xprssd in th dict rlasd
through th offics of His Majsty on th vry day of Mr. Booth's dath. It
reeds in part:
"Th nw linguistic policy on Trra, as dmonstratd in th _Trran
Bacon-Sntinl_, shall hncforth b known as Boothtalk."
Mr. Booth bfrindd Our Imprial Rulr in His youngr days, and, as w all
know, His Majsty nvr forgts a frind.
--J. B. WOODLEY
Transcriber's Note:
This etext was produced from _Galaxy Science Fiction_ October 1953.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S.
copyright on this publication was renewed. Minor spelling and
typographical errors have been corrected without note. Calendar
dates remain as printed, and, based on the narrative, may be
intentional.