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That night he sat up late writing a political speech he was to deliver the next afternoon at Faneuil hall, but his experiences at the BostwicksŌĆÖ had so unnerved him that he could scarcely collect his thoughts, and often he would pause and shake his head pityingly as he remembered the strange things he had seen in that usually respectable home. THAT NIGHT HE SAT UP LATE WRITING A POLITICAL SPEECH HE WAS TO DELIVER THE NEXT AFTERNOON AT FUNWELL HALL BUT HIS EXPERIENCES AT THE BOSTRICKS HAD SO UNNERVED HIM THAT HE COULD SCARCELY COLLECT HIS THOUGHTS AND OFTEN HE WOULD PAUSE AND SHAKE HIS HEAD PITYINGLY AS HE REMEMBERED THE STRANGE THINGS HE HAD SEEN IN THAT USUALLY RESPECTABLE HOME
 Mrs. Bostwick had been staring straight ahead, with a dazed expression; but now, catching the senatorŌĆÖs eye, she bowed gracefully and began reciting ŌĆ£The Charge of the Light BrigadeŌĆØ in forceful tones. The senator shuddered. Such disgraceful rioting he had never seen nor heard before in a decent private family. He felt that his reputation was at stake, and, being the only sane person, apparently, in the room, there was no one to whom he might appeal. The maid had run away to cry hysterically in the kitchen; Mr. Bostwick was singing ŌĆ£O Promise Me;ŌĆØ the professor was trying to kick the globes off the chandelier; Mrs. Bostwick had switched her recitation to ŌĆ£The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck,ŌĆØ and Bessie had stolen into the parlor and was pounding out the overture from the ŌĆ£Flying Dutchman.ŌĆØ The senator was not at all sure he would not go crazy himself, presently; so he slipped away from the turmoil, and, catching up his had and coat in the hall, hurried from the house. R AND GLANCED AT HIS HOSTESS FOR SOME TIME MISSUS BOSTWICK HAD BEEN STARING STRAIGHT AHEAD WITH A DAZED EXPRESSION BUT NOW CATCHING THE SENATOR'S EYE SHE BOWED GRACEFULLY AND BEGAN RECITING THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE IN FORCEFUL TONES THE SENATOR SHUDDERED SUCH DISGRACEFUL RIOTING HE HAD NEVER SEEN NOR HEARD BEFORE IN A DECENT PRIVATE FAMILY HE FELT THAT HIS REPUTATION WAS AT STAKE AND BEING THE ONLY SAME PERSON APPARENTLY IN THE ROOM THERE WAS NO ONE TO WHOM HE MIGHT APPEAL THE MAID HAD RUN AWAY TO CRY HYSTERICALLY IN THE KITCHEN MISTER BOSTRICK WAS SINGING OH PROMISE ME THE PROFESSOR WAS TRYING TO KICK THE GLOBES OFF THE CHANDELIER MISSUS BOSTWICK HAD SWITCHED HER RECITATION TO THE BOY STOOD ON THE BURNING DECK AND BESSIE HAD STOLEN INTO THE PARLOR AND WAS POUNDING OUT THE OVERTURE FROM THE FLYING DUTCHMAN THE SENATOR WAS NOT AT ALL SURE HE WOULD NOT GO CRAZY HIMSELF PRESENTLY SO HE SLIPPED AWAY FROM THE TURMOIL AND CATCHING UP HIS HAT AND COAT IN THE HALL HURRIED FROM THE HOUSE
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