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was just like one of those pigs - he wouldn't be
driven but he could be led. We had thought that
too. Mr. Powell resumed his seat amid loud
and prolonged applause.

Then came the speech of the evening
- that of our Baby in responding to "The Ladies"
"Gentlemen" said the beardless one. "I think
you must have known me and my sentiments
pretty well when you assigned to me the duty
of responding to the toast of "The Ladies", for I confess
it is a subject to which I have given much thought
and concerning which I have expressed unfeigned
admiration. Really it touches a tender chord in
my bosom, and I suppose I am peculiarly sensi-
tive about it - because my mother was a lady.
I pity the man who has never felt a mother's
love nor - her slipper. In imagination I can
feel the tingling still! Then there was my
sister to whom I owe much, for she guided