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ŌĆ£This may clear my throat,ŌĆØ thought the senator, and slipped the bonbon into his mouth. A few minutes afterwards he arose before the vast audience, which greeted him with enthusiastic plaudits. ŌĆ£My friends,ŌĆØ began the senator, in a grave voice, ŌĆ£this is a most impressive and important occasion. THIS MAY CLEAR MY THROAT THOUGHT THE SENATOR AND SLIPPED THE BONBON INTO HIS MOUTH A FEW MINUTES AFTERWARDS HE AROSE BEFORE THE VAST AUDIENCE WHICH GREETED HIM WITH ENTHUSIASTIC PLAUDITS MY FRIENDS BEGAN THE SENATOR IN A GRAVE VOICE THIS IS A MOST IMPRESSIVE AND IMPORTANT OCCASION
lare of oblivion. He felt he really could not afford to know this gentleman in the future. Mr. Bostwick was naturally indignant at the direct snub; yet in his mind lingered a faint memory of some quite unusual occurrences at his dinner party the evening before, and he hardly knew whether he dared resent the senatorŌĆÖs treatment or not. The political meeting was the feature of the day, for the senatorŌĆÖs eloquence was well known in Boston. So the big hall was crowded with people, and in one of the front rows sat the Bostwick family, with the learned Yale professor beside them. They all looked tired and pale, as if they had passed a rather dissipated evening, and the senator was rendered so nervous by seeing them that he refused to look in their direction a second time. While the mayor was introducing him the great man sat fidgeting in his chair; and, happening to put his thumb and finger into his vest pocket, he found the lavender-colored bonbon he had placed there the evening before. M BY WITH A STONY GLARE OF OBLIVION HE FELT HE REALLY COULD NOT AFFORD TO KNOW THIS GENTLEMAN IN THE FUTURE MISTER BOSTWICK WAS NATURALLY INDIGNANT AT THE DIRECT SNUB YET IN HIS MIND LINGERED A FAINT MEMORY OF SOME QUITE UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES AT HIS DINNER PARTY THE EVENING BEFORE AND HE HARDLY KNEW WHETHER HE DARED RESENT THE SENATOR'S TREATMENT OR NOT THE POLITICAL MEETING WAS THE FEATURE OF THE DAY FOR THE SENATOR'S ELOQUENCE WAS WELL KNOWN IN BOSTON SO THE BIG HALL WAS CROWDED WITH PEOPLE AND IN ONE OF THE FRONT ROWS SAT THE BOSTRIK FAMILY WITH THE LEARNED YALE PROFESSOR BESIDE THEM THEY ALL LOOKED TIRED AND PALE AS IF THEY HAD PASSED A RATHER DISSIPATED EVENING AND THE SENATOR WAS RENDERED SO NERVOUS BY SEEING THEM THAT HE REFUSED TO LOOK IN THEIR DIRECTION A SECOND TIME WHILE THE MAYOR WAS INTRODUCING HIM THE GREAT MAN SAT FIDGETING IN HIS CHAIR AND HAPPENING TO PUT HIS THUMB AND FINGER INTO HIS VEST POCKET HE FOUND THE LAVENDER COLORED BONBON HE HAD PLACED THERE THE EVENING BEFORE
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