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. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of With a Vengeance, by J. B. Woodley