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embarrassed at my undue prominence and by the 

 curious and amused glances of several hundred 

 " fair women and brave men" ; and so when I was 

 conducted stumblingly to the ante-room, and was 

 about to be subjected to a searching inquiry, I 

 excused myself for a moment, and struck out 

 for home; and, as far as I know, that organiza- 

 tion is still awaiting my return and the delivery 

 of that famous speech. 



