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ness, arising out Of unfinished business, were
there also, like ancient bards, to record With
pwan or threnody the completion of unilH
ishcd business Various unclcan birds, scent
ing carrion in unfinished business, lowered in
the halls or roasted in the lobby
The lower house. under the tulelagc of th'
gifted Gashwilcr, drank deeply Of Roscom
mon and his Intoxicating claim, and passed
the half-empty bottle TO the senate as uriin
ishcd business. But, alasl in the very rush,
and storm, and tempest of the uniinishng
business, an unlooked-for interruption oro'o
in the person of great senator whose power
none could oppose, whose right to free and
extended utterance at all times none could
gainsay A claim for poultry, violently
seized by the army Of Sherman during his
march through Georgia, from the hencoop OF
an alleged loyal Irishman, opened constitu-
tional question, and with it the lips Of the
great senator.
For seven hours he spoke eloquently, earn
estly, convincingly. For seven hours the old
issues Of party and policy were scyorally
taken up and dismissed in the old forciblc rho
toric that had early made him famous. ln'7r-
ruptions from other senators, now forgctiul
Of unfinished business, and wild with rcanl-
mated party zeal; Interruptions from certain
senator's mindful of unfinished business ANA
unable to pass the RoSGommon bottle, only
spurrei him to fresh exertion. The tocsn
sounded in the senate was heard in the lower
house. Highly excited members congregated
at the doors of the senate and left unfinished
business to take care of itself.
Lett to itself for seven hours unfinished
business CRASHED its false teeth and tore its
wig in iEpotent fury in corridor and hall
For seven hours the gifted Gashwilor had CON
tinued tho manufacture of oil and honey,
whose sweetness, however, was slowly palliAS
upon tho congressional lip; for seven hours
Ro5cCunnon and friends beat with impatient
feet tho lobby and shook fists, more or less
Giscolorcd at the distinguished senator. For
seven hours the one or two editors were obliged
to sit and calmly compliment the great speech
which that night flashed over the wires of
continent with the old electric thrill And,
worse than all, they were obliged to record
with it the closing of the - congress, with
moro than the usual amount of unfinished
business.
y little group of friends surrounded the
great senator with hymns of praise and con-
gratulations Old nd r. ,ries saluted him
courteously , the / sc by with the re-
spect Of strc me-. Al lie woman with a
shawl drawn over her shoulders, and held
with ono small brown hand, approached him
tin.dly:
i ..@al, not tie English we'll" she said
gently. hut have read much | have read
in Inc phys of Your Shakespeare. would
Ike t. 5 Y to you the words Of Rosalnd to
Orlando when h dl fight; Sir You have
vr~tl'i well, AMI have ovcrthrown more
than your crpmoS'n And with these words
she was gone.
Yet not so quickly but that pretty Mrs.
HopIinson, coming-as Nictrix always comes
to Victor, to thank the great senator, Glbvit
the faces of her escorts were shrouded in
gloom--saw the shawled figure disappear
"There,' She said, pinchins Wilas Inischoy
ously, there! that's the woman You worc
afraid Of. Look at her. Lool: at that Dire :
All, heavens! look at that shawl Didn't
tell you shc had 10 style!'
"NAo is shc:' said Niles sullenly.
Carmen lie iiaro, of course said the LAZY
vivarously. "What are You hurryinS away
so for: YOU'RE absolutely pulling me along"
Mr. Wies had inst caught sight Of the
tray l-worn face of Royal Thatcher among
the crowd that thronScd the stairca p.
Thatcher appeared pale and distrait Mr..
liarlowc, his counsel, at lis side, rallied him.
NO ono would think You had just go: e
new lease Of your property, and escaped a
great swindlc What's the matter with you?
Miss dc IIaro assed US just now. 1t was She
who spoke 20 the senator. Why did you not
recognize hcr!'
II was thinking. said Thatcher elo7>nily.
"Wcn, you take things cody! And c,r-
tlinly you are not very demonstratve to-
wards the woman who saved you to-day
For, as sure as you live, it wa, she who drew
that speech out Of the senator"
Thatcher did not reply, but moved away.
He had noticed Carmen de liaro, and was
about TO greet her with mingled pleasure and
cmharra. smcnt. But lie had heard her com.
llmcnt to the senator, and this strong, pre-
occupied, automatic man, who only ten days
before had 10 thought beyond his property,
was now thinking more of that compliment
to another Than of his success; and was be-
ginning to hate the senator who had saved
Kim, the lawyer who stood beside him, and
even the little figure that had tyippcd down
the steps unconscious of him.
CHAPTER XVI.
AND WHO FORGOT 1T.
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