1. YOUR SLIMY POLLYWOG MEMORANDUM, REFERENCE (A) HAS BEEN RECEIVED. I AM DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT POLLYWOG MORALE IS HIGH AND I HAVE DISPATCHED A DOLPHIN ESCORTED BY TWO MERMAIDS TO BEAR THE GLAD TIDINGS TO HIS MAJESTY, KING NEPTUNE . . THE MEMORANDUM IS SIGNED "MORITURI, TE SALUTAMUS."

2. A RECENT MESSAGE, RECEIVED BY SEAHORSE EXPRESS, ADVISES THAT HIS MAJESTY REQUIRES CERTAIN PREPARATIONS BE MADE PRIOR TO HIS ARRIVAL AND THAT HE EXPECTS TO DISPATCH HIS TRUSTY LIEUTENANT, DAVY JONES, TO INSPECT THE ADEQUACY OF THESE PREPARATIONS, AND TO CERTIFY THAT ALL IS IN READINESS FOR HIS MAJESTY'S ARRIVAL.

3. I SHOULD BE GREATLY DISTURBED IF DAVY JONES FOUND THAT SLIMY POLLYWOGS HAD BEFOULED KING NEPTUNE'S COURTROOM, AND THAT ALL WAS NOT IN TOP TOPEKA SHAPE FOR HIS RECEPTION. SHOULD SUCH BE THE CASE, IT WOULD BE MY DUTY AS SENIOR SHELLEACK TO HEAD NORTH WITHOUT ENTERING THE SACRED DOMAIN OF NEPTUNUS REX.

CAVEAT AND BEWARE !

F. L. PINNEY, JR.