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Colonel, by this time pretty far gone, eyed him 

 malevolently, swaying to and fro in his chair. How- 

 ever, the first effect of the fellow ? s oratory was 

 soothing rather than otherwise, and produced the 

 unexpected result of sending the chairman fast 

 asleep sitting bolt upright. But in a minute or 

 two, as the man warmed up to his work, he gave 

 a peculiarly resonant howl which waked the Colonel 

 up. The latter came to himself with a jerk, looked 

 fixedly at the audience, caught sight of the speaker, 

 remembered having seen him before, forgot that he 

 had been asleep, and concluded that it must have 

 been on some previous day. Hammer, hammer, 

 went the gavel, and 



"I've seen you before, sir!" 



"You have not," said the man. 



"Don't tell me I lie, sir!" responded the Colonel, 

 with sudden ferocity. "You've addressed this com- 

 mittee on a previous day!" 



"I've never " began the man; but the Colonel 

 broke in again: 



"Sit down, sir! The dignity of the chair must 

 be preserved! No man shall speak to this com- 

 mittee twice. The committee stands adjourned." 

 And with that he stalked majestically out of the 

 room, leaving the committee and the delegation to 

 gaze sheepishly into each other's faces. 



OUTSIDERS 



AFTER all, outsiders furnish quite as much fun 

 as the legislators themselves. The number of men 



