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The Cataclysm

           Theideawasvaguelysuggestedthatinhissybaritichoursodalesquesdancedbeforehimandunnamableindulgencesandexcesseswereperpetrated.

           Atthissamehourinthecouncil-chamberitselfwereassemblingashungryandboldacompanyofgraywolvesaswasevergatheredunderoneroof.Theroomwaslarge,ornamentedtothesouthbytallwindows,itsceilingsupportingaheavy,intricatechandelier,itssixty-sixaldermanicdesksarrangedinhalf-circles,onebehindtheother;itswoodworkofblackoakcarvedandhighlypolished;itswallsadarkblue-graydecoratedwitharabesquesingoldthusgivingtoallproceedingsanairofdignityandstateliness.Abovethespeaker’sheadwasanimmenseportraitinoilofaformermayorpoorlydone,dusty,andyetimpressive.Thesizeandcharacteroftheplacegaveonordinaryoccasionsasortofresonancetothevoicesofthespeakers.To-nightthroughtheclosedwindowscouldbeheardthesoundofdistantdrumsandmarchingfeet.Inthehalloutsidethecouncildoorwerepackedatleastathousandmenwithropes,sticks,afife-and-drumcorpswhichoccasionallystruckup"Hail!Columbia,HappyLand,""MyCountry,"TisofThee,"and"Dixie."AldermanSchlumbohm,heckledtowithinaninchofhislife,followedtothecouncildoorbythreehundredofhisfellow-citizens,wasthereleftwiththeadmonitionthattheywouldbewaitingforhimwhenheshouldmakehisexit.Hewasatlastseriouslyimpressed.

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