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Show Sllenead IngarsDll. I lepndon Mall A correipohdtnt H sends lo Ihs Dally Mall tha following story ot tn Incident which happened S some twenty yeara ago In Toronto; .H Colonel Ingersoll, the celebrated Ina- del orator, waa delivering a lecture In a, .afat. eaaal the theater on a Sunday nlghL Th H bouse, of course, was crammed, and h H vent on with his cltvcr and humorous H tretch till he gave utterance to tome H particularly blttphemout comments, H which proved too offensive for his au- H dlence. In the midst ot his brilliant H speech a flno voles In tha gallery ran out In tha well-known hymn, "Hold JB the Fort, tor I Am Coming." Instantly lbs words were taken up by other ua- H til the whole concourse Joined In, and B Colonel Ingersoll had lo retreat Ig- H nomlnloutly, without being allowed to M tlar Mnther word J |