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The Inventions of the Idiot
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John Kendrick Bangs
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"Wake
me
up
when
he
gets
to
the
point,
will
you,
kindly?"
whispered
the
Doctor
to
the
Bibliomaniac.
"If
you
sleep
until
then
you'll
never
wake,"
said
the
Bibliomaniac.
"To
my
mind
the
Idiot
never
comes
to
a
point."
"You
are
a
little
too
mysterious
for
me,"
observed
Mr.
Whitechoker.
"I
know
no
more
about
Dreamaline
now
than
I
did
when
you
began."
"Which
is
my
case
exactly,"
said
the
Idiot.
"It
is
a
vague,
shadowy
something
as
yet.
It
is
only
a
germ
lost
in
my
cerebral
wrinkles,
but
I
hope
by
a
persistent
smoothing
out
of
those
wrinkles
with
what
I
might
call
the
flat-iron
of
thought,
I
may
yet
lay
hold
of
the
microbe,
and
with
it
electrify
the
world.
Once
Dreamaline
is
discovered
all
other
discoveries
become
as
nothing;
all
other
inventions
for
the
amelioration
of
the
condition
of
the
civilized
will
be
unnecessary,
and
even
Progressive
Waffles
will
cease
to
fascinate."
"Perhaps,"
said
the
Bibliomaniac,
"if
you
will
give
us
a
hint
as
to
the
nature
of
your
plan
in
general
we
may
be
able
to
help
you
in
carrying
it
out."
"The
Doctor
might,"
said
the
Idiot.
"My
genial
friend
who
occasionally
imbibes
might--even
the
Poet,
with
his
taste
for
Welsh
rarebits,
might--but
from
you
and
Mr.
Pedagog
and
Mr.
Whitechoker
I
fear
I
should
receive
little
assistance.
Indeed,
I
am
not
sure
but
that
Mr.
Whitechoker
might
disapprove
of
the
plan
altogether."
"Any
plan
which
makes
life
happier
and
better
is
sure
to
meet
with
my
approval,"
said
Mr.
Whitechoker.
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