1900: Or; The Last President

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Lockwood Ingersoll. 1900: Or; The Last President

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~ 1900 ~

THE LAST PRESIDENT

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Chapter 10

A half cheer, a half cry of joy goes up. It is inarticulate. Men draw a long breath; women drop upon their knees and strain their eyes; they can hear something, but they cannot see as yet, for the gas houses and electric plants had been destroyed by the mob early in the evening. They preferred to fight in the dark, or by the flames of rich men's abodes.

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