_Cor_. Are you in favor of the recognition of Cuban Independence?

_Ad_. No, sir! What's the good? POOR might have to come home, then.

_Cor_. You think, then, that recognition would not be a Poor policy?

_Ad_. Yes--no! No--yes! Doormat! You know what I mean.

_Cor_.(_quickly_.) Oh! yes. Certainly, sir! But what is your opinion upon
the woman question?

_Ad_. Don't care a snap. Let 'em vote. Won't make a difference 'board
ship.

_Cor_. You think, then that women will never be sailors, Admiral?

_Ad_. Nothing they could do. Except to trim the boats; look out for the
mizen sheets or somethg o' that kind. Couldn't expect 'em, even in a
calm, to be brisk in manning the yards, much less martingales.

_Cor_. What is your opinion, Admiral, of SHERIDAN'S work among the
Piegans?

_Ad_. (_laughing_). Neat job. How was that for Lo?

_Cor_. Good. Do you believe the Pope's infallible, Admiral?

_Ad_. The Pope's what?