“Oh, I wear it for the sake of coolness,” said the Lord High Adjudicator, hastily his bib, which was somewhat disordered, been having very warm weather lately. “Oh! really!” said Ohah. “And I suppose you play leapfrog and blind man’s buff for the sake of coolness too, eh? I should have thought that at your time of life you had given up such frivolities.” “It was His Majesty’s fault,” said the Lord High Adjudicator sheepishly; “he _would_ have a parliament of children, and so we were obliged to dress like this and play games, or we should have lost our positions.” “H’m! doesn’t it strike you as being rather foolish to have a King so young as your present one?” inquired Ohah. “Well, it certainly has its disadvantages,” admitted the Lord High Adjudicator; “but what are we to do? He is the lawful successor to the throne, you know.” “Well, I could soon help you out of that difficulty if you wished,” said the Magician, a cunning look creeping over his face. “What do you mean?” asked the Lord High Adjudicator. “I could make him invisible, you know, like the Prince and Princess, and then you could govern the country yourselves,” suggested Ohah. “Oh, but that wouldn’t be right, surely,” said the Lord High Adjudicator. “Oh, I don’t know,” chimed in the Busybody Extraordinary; “we sha’n’t be able to manage very well with a King like this, and if there was no legal successor to the throne we could have a general election, you know, and choose a King for ourselves.” “Does it hurt much to be made invisible?” asked the Lord High Adjudicator thoughtfully. “Not a bit,” exclaimed Ohah; “it’s rather a pleasant sensation than otherwise.” “And how long would he have to remain in that state?” inquired the Lord High Adjudicator. “Oh! till the Portmanteau is found,” was the reply. “The Portmanteau!” exclaimed the Lord High Adjudicator; “why, that will never be found, you know; we had every house in Zum searched for it years ago.” “It must be here somewhere, and when it is found I am instructed by the King of Limesia to make your Crown Prince and his bride visible again; but in the meantime you had better let me make the little King invisible too, for you can’t possibly go on as you are.” “What do you think about it?” asked the Lord High Adjudicator of the others. “Well, I don’t think it’s at all a bad plan, do you know,” replied the Advertiser General. “I can see that we shall have rather a hard time of it if His present Majesty continues to reign; and if it wouldn’t hurt him at all--” “Not in the least,” interrupted Ohah. “I don’t see why we shouldn’t agree to it.” “That’s right! and now, when shall I perform the operation?” said Ohah in a business-like way. “Oh, the sooner the quicker,” replied the Advertiser General. “What do you say to to-morrow morning?”