The Honourable Member

  A MEMBER of a Legislature, who had pledged himself to his
Constituents¹ not to steal, brought home at the end of the session a
large part of the dome² of the Capitol.  Thereupon the Constituents
held an indignation meeting and passed a resolution of tar³ and
feathers.

  "You are most unjust," said the Member of the Legislature.  "It is
true I promised you I would not steal; but had I ever promised you
that I would not lie?"

  The Constituents said he was an honourable⁴ man and elected him to
the United States Congress, unpledged and unfledged.