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But after a very few sentences of figurative eloquence, the pink-faced gentleman got from denouncing those who interrupted him in the mob, to exchanging defiances with the gentlemen on the hustings; whereupon arose an uproar which reduced him to the necessity of expressing his feelings by serious pantomime, which he did, and then left the stage to his seconder, who delivered a written speech of half an hour's length, and wouldn't be stopped, because he had sent it all to the Eatanswill GAZETTE, and the Eatanswill GAZETTE had already printed it, every word.
Avenel's proposer and seconder the one a large grocer, the other the proprietor of a new shop for ticketed prints, shawls, blankets, and counterpanes, a man, who, as he boasted, dealt with the People for ready money, and no mistake, at least none that he ever rectified next followed. Both said much the same thing. Mr.
Lamb professed himself satisfied, but he did not appear absolutely blinded by the light either. "Anyhow," said Wilson, "Fruity will see to that. I propose he does." "I second it," said Lamb, viciously, whereupon Cherry kicked the seconder on the shins, for he did not exactly thirst for that honour.
As our Revolution was a vindication of ancient rights, so it was conducted with strict attention to ancient formalities. In almost every word and act may be discerned a profound reverence for the past. The Estates of the Realm deliberated in the old halls and according to the old rules. Powle was conducted to his chair between his mover and his seconder with the accustomed forms.
The august position of the speaker atoned for his halting rhetoric, and a city which had only just for the first time been invested with municipal privileges was hushed before a man who might in time even become a mayor. Then the seconder advanced, and there was a general burst of applause. "There he is," said the operative to Endymion; "you see they like him. Oh, Job knows how to do it!"
Faulkner, of course he and his proposer and seconder had behaved one only more disgracefully than the other, of course the rabble bad behaved shamefully, and the boys were almost beside themselves with wrath; and besides the details of all these matters-of-course, the boys had adventures of their own, for somehow Gerald and Lionel had been left in the midst of a vituperative mob, out of which Gerald had brought off his companion in a most spirited and successful way, without letting any one discover Lionel's blindness, which would have been the most efficient protection for both.
'And, perhaps, my dear Sir, said the cautious little man, 'perhaps if you could I don't mean to say it's indispensable but if you could manage to kiss one of 'em, it would produce a very great impression on the crowd. 'Wouldn't it have as good an effect if the proposer or seconder did that? said the Honourable Samuel Slumkey.
Randal's seconder was a bluff yeoman, an outvoter of weight with the agricultural electors. As to the young gentleman, whose nomination he had the pleasure to second, did not know much about him; but the Leslies were an old family in the neighbouring county, and Mr. Leslie said he was nearly related to Squire Hazeldean, as good a man as ever stood upon shoe leather.
On this subject the mover of the Address said never a word, and the seconder only a word or two. What they had said had, of course, been laid down for them; though, unfortunately, the manner of saying could not be so easily prescribed.
Runnion moved the adoption of a rule that no women be allowed to locate mining claims, and one of the strangers seconded it. "What's that?" said Lee, raising his one eye from the note-book in which he was transcribing. "It isn't right to let women in on a man's game," said Runnion. "That's my idea," echoed the seconder. "I s'pose this is aimed at my girl," said Gale, springing to his feet.
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