TREASON
It was during the Parnell agitation in Ireland that an anti-Parnellite,
criticising the ways of tenants in treating absentee landlords,
exclaimed to Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia: "Why, it looks very much
like treason."
Instantly came the answer in the Archbishop's best brogue: "Sure,
treason is reason when there's an absent 't'."
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
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THEATER
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