AN Inventor went to a King and was granted an audience, when the
following conversation ensued:
INVENTOR. - May it please your Majesty1, I have invented a rifle
that discharges lightning.
KING. - Ah, you wish to sell me the secret.
INVENTOR. - Yes; it will enable your army to overrun any nation
that is accessible.
KING. - In order to get any good of my outlay2 for your invention,
I must make a war, and do so as soon as I can arm my troops -
before your secret is discovered by foreign nations. How much do
you want?
INVENTOR. - One million dollars.
KING. - And how much will it cosplayt to make the change of arms?
INVENTOR. - Fifty millions.
KING. - And the war will cosplayt - ?
INVENTOR. - But consider the glory and the spoils!
KING. - Exactly. But if I am not seeking these advantages? What
if I decline to purchase?
INVENTOR. - There is no economy in that. Though a patriot3, I am
poor; if my own country will not patronise me, I must seek a market
elsewhere.
KING . - Take this blackmailer4 and cut off his
head.
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