“My dear sir,” replied the Busybody Extraordinary, “that is the great point of the whole system--it is as easy as A.B.C. We should of course begin by commanding that _nothing whatever should be done without our sanction;_ that would simplify matters to start with. Then we should turn our attention to public improvements; for instance, we should begin by pulling down this building and erect for our use some fine Municipal Buildings on a very large and handsome scale, with portraits of ourselves painted on all the windows.” “But who would pay for them?” objected the First Lord of the Cash Box. “The Public, of course,” said the Busybody Extraordinary. “What a silly question!” “But supposing they refused?” persisted the First Lord of the Cash Box. “The Public refuse to pay rates and taxes?” exclaimed the Busybody Extraordinary. “Who ever heard of such a thing? Really, my dear sir, you are most childish in your remarks. Then,” he continued, “we should pull down all those buildings opposite and make a wide, handsome road, with trees on either side, with a large park at the end of it, beautifully laid out with lakes, etc., where we could drive in the afternoon. Of course, it would have to be railed in or we should have the Public trespassing in it.” “Wouldn’t the Public expect to be allowed to use the park if they paid for all these improvements?” asked the Advertiser General. “But they mustn’t expect anything of the sort,” said the Busybody Extraordinary impatiently. “The Public must be taught not to question anything that we do. It will never do for us to be hampered by mere Public opinion, you know; besides, they would not have time to use the park if they wanted to, because they would all be at school.” “But not grown-up people, surely!” exclaimed the First Gentleman of the Glove Box.