The Inventions of the Idiot

"Well, I don't blame you," said Mr. Whitechoker, kindly. "That was a most remarkable dream." "Yes," assented Mr. Pedagog. "But quite in line with his waking thoughts." "Very likely," said the Idiot, rising and preparing to depart. "It was absurd in most of its features, but in one of them it was excellent. I am going to see the president of the Electric Juggernaut Company, as you call it, in regard to it to-day. I think there is money in that idea of having an extra chair-seat for every passenger to hold in his lap. In that way twice as many seated passengers can be accommodated, and countless people with tender feet will be spared the pain of having other wayfarers standing upon them."