CHAPTER XVI "A Procession! A Procession!"
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AndnowIturntothelastsupremeeventfulmomentofouradventure.AsIwasrackingmybrainastohowIshouldbestdescribeit,myeyesfellupontheissueofmyownJournalforthemorningofthe8thofNovemberwiththefullandexcellentaccountofmyfriendandfellow-reporterMacdona.WhatcanIdobetterthantranscribehisnarrative—head-linesandall?Iadmitthatthepaperwasexuberantinthematter,outofcomplimenttoitsownenterpriseinsendingacorrespondent,buttheothergreatdailieswerehardlylessfullintheiraccount.Thus,then,friendMacinhisreport:
