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Perhaps it was fortunate the last bonbon had now been eaten, for they might easily have caused considerably more trouble than they did. PERHAPS IT WAS FORTUNATE THE LAST BONBON HAD NOW BEEN EATEN FOR THEY MIGHT EASILY HAVE CAUSED CONSIDERABLY MORE TROUBLE THAN THEY DID
ing finger at the dancing senator, she cried in a loud voice: ŌĆ£ThatŌĆÖs the man who stole my bonbons! Seize him! Arrest him! DonŌĆÖt let him escape!ŌĆØ But the ushers rushed her out of the hall, thinking she had gone suddenly insane; and the senatorŌĆÖs friends seized him firmly and carried him out the stage entrance to the street, where they put him into an open carriage and instructed the driver to take him home. The effect of the magic bonbon was still powerful enough to control the poor senator, who stood upon the rear seat of the carriage and danced energetically all the way home, to the delight of the crowd of small boys who followed the carriage and the grief of the sober-minded citizens, who shook their heads sadly and whispered that ŌĆ£another good man had gone wrong.ŌĆØ It took the senator several months to recover from the shame and humiliation of this escapade; and, curiously enough, he never had the slightest idea what had induced him to act in so extraordinary a manner. D SPRANG TO HER FEET POINTING AN ACCUSING FINGER AT THE DANCING SENATOR SHE CRIED IN A LOUD VOICE THAT'S THE MAN WHO STOLE MY BONBONS SEIZE HIM ARREST HIM DON'T LET HIM ESCAPE BUT THE USHERS RUSHED HER OUT OF THE HALL THINKING SHE HAD GONE SUDDENLY INSANE AND THE SENATOR'S FRIEND SEIZED HIM FIRMLY AND CARRIED HIM OUT THE STAGE ENTRANCE TO THE STREET WHERE THEY PUT HIM INTO AN OPEN CARRIAGE AND INSTRUCTED THE DRIVER TO TAKE HIM HOME THE EFFECT OF THE MAGIC BONBON WAS STILL POWERFUL ENOUGH TO CONTROL THE POOR SENATOR WHO STOOD UPON THE REAR SEAT OF THE CARRIAGE AND DANCED ENERGETICALLY ALL THE WAY HOME TO THE DELIGHT OF THE CROWD OF SMALL BOYS WHO FOLLOWED THE CARRIAGE AND THE GRIEF OF THE SOBER MINDED CITIZENS WHO SHOOK THEIR HEADS SADLY AND WHISPERED THAT ANOTHER GOOD MAN HAD GONE WRONG IT TOOK THE SENATOR SEVERAL MONTHS TO RECOVER FROM THE SHAME AND HUMILIATION OF THIS ESCAPADE AND CURIOUSLY ENOUGH HE NEVER HAD THE SLIGHTEST IDEA WHAT IT INDUCED HIM TO ACT IN SO EXTRAORDINARY A MANNER
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