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murmurings.) A series of resolutions will now be presented for the consideration of the convention." She turned to Mrs. Lawson, who sat majestically in a large arm-chair, her strong arms folded on her broad chest, and whispered a few words in her ear. While she was thus engaged, Mr. Salsify Mumbles rose, and said in a loud tone: "Gentlemen and ladies, I rise for the purpose"---- On hearing the sound of his voice, the lady president rushed to the edge of the platform, and glaring on the upright figure, which shook like an aspen beneath her fiery eyes, exclaimed, in thundering accents, "What are you standing there for, you booby-faced, blubber-chopped baboon in boots?" "I wish to speak," stammered the terrified man. He could utter no more. "_You_ speak!" said the lofty president, in a tone of the most supreme contempt,--"sit down." The poor creature dropped as quick as though he had received a cannon ball in his heart. Mrs. Pimble retired, and Mrs. Secretary Lawson arose, adjusted her green spectacles, and, taking a roll of papers from the table, advanced to the front of the stand. Elevating her brows, she said: "I will now read several resolutions which have been handed in since the opening of the meeting. "First, Resolved, That the enfranchised women of Wimbledon use their combined efforts for the liberation of their suffering sisterhood, who yet groan beneath the despotic cruelties of the oppressor man." The secretary sat down. The president arose. "Are there any remarks to be made on this resolution?" she said. None were forthcoming. "Then I move its adoption." "I second the motion," squealed a little voice from some remote corner. The secretary came forward. "All in favor of this resolution will please say, ay." A score of voices were heard. "It is unanimously accepted," said she. "I will now proceed to the reading of the second. "Resolved, That, as a means of humbling and destroying the tyranny which the monster man exercises over the larger portion of the women of Wimbledon, six of the usurpers be converted into lamp-posts, and placed at the corners of the principal streets, with tin lanterns fixed upon their heads, to light the cause of philanthropy in its midnight struggles." (Sensation, and several brawny hands scratching uneasily at the apex of their craniums.) The secretary sat down; the lady president arose. "This is a very spirited as well as elegant resolve," said she,
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