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 Like a scared rabbit Zack peeped out from his hiding place, to watch the bunch of negroes crowding round the Colonel, in every attitude of supplication. The Colonel wheeled from one to another, while his face grew purpler.

"Dar now!" said Zack to himself; "Cunnel sho is gwine Democratic agin'. Lemme 'rive away from dis neighborhood."

But the Colonel didn't go Democratic. He broke into a laugh, and dropped on the bench. "Oh, let up, Mac! This joke's on me. Get word to these niggers that I'll send down soda-water for the crowd. I'm going to treat my enthusiastic constituents; this is my first and only chance."