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Show O'CONNELL HELD HI8 AUDIENCE. Description of Wondrous Sway Great Orator Exerclcrd. Daniel O'Connell. the Irish orator, spoke In Covont Clardon, London, many ycnrH ago and John Colemnn, an otd Knt;1sli actor, pictures lilm an follows: "Tliu nudleueo hung spell-bound spell-bound on the words of tlie great orator. ora-tor. IIIh resonant ninl magnificent voice, flavored with Its rich Hlliernlon ncrent, held both soul ami cense captive. cap-tive. Ah fur me, my Celtic Hood took fire, toy heart Hi robbed with passionate passion-ate indignation or melted :nto tears as lie dwelt iixm tin wrongs of my beloved country. Never, surely, was such a born orator Stern men cried ono moment aril Intighed tlie next. Strange to say. they never laughed In the wrong place, though once at least lie afforded them a unique opportunity. op-portunity. As he approached tlie end of his oration, carried awnv by his tlieme. be took Ills wig off (o brown Jazey"). put It In his hut mid mopped Ids beautiful bah' brow with a groat flaming crimson luindntin Tlie nctlmi appeared hi. natural onil appropriate! that no one seemed to think It absurd or even Inrongriioiis." |