The Party Leader.

A very old story.

It was cheering, cheering, to the close

O’ my speech that day I launched the Bill:

From serried ranks the row uprose,

And hats are waved, and voices thrill;

And I!—I thought I’d dished my foes.

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——:o:——

A Parleying with a Certain Person of no
Importance in His Day.