went, through the House, I was Col. Sellers every time. And nobody could

do enough for me, and whatever I said was wonderful, Sir, it was always

wonderful; I never seemed to say any flat things at all. It was Colonel,

won't you come and dine with us; and Colonel why don't we ever see you at

our house; and the Colonel says this; and the Colonel says that; and we

know such-and-such is so-and-so because my husband heard Col. Sellers

say so. Don't you see? Well, the Senate adjourned and left our bill high,

and dry, and I'll be hanged if I warn't Old Sellers from that day, till

our bill passed the House again last week. Now I'm the Colonel again;

and if I were to eat all the dinners I am invited to, I reckon I'd wear

my teeth down level with my gums in a couple of weeks."

"Well I do wonder what you will be to-morrow; Colonel, after the

President signs the bill!"

General, sir?--General, without a doubt. Yes, sir, tomorrow it will be

General, let me congratulate you, sir; General, you've done a great work,

sir;--you've done a great work for the niggro; Gentlemen allow me the

honor to introduce my friend General Sellers, the humane friend of the

niggro. Lord bless me; you'll' see the newspapers say, General Sellers

and servants arrived in the city last night and is stopping at the Fifth

Avenue; and General Sellers has accepted a reception and banquet by the

Cosmopolitan Club; you'll see the General's opinions quoted, too

-and what the General has to say about the propriety of a new trial and

a habeas corpus for the unfortunate Miss Hawkins will not be without

weight in influential quarters, I can tell you."

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