"Shanghai has a thousand minds Not only one But never the dawn shall break tour. Stiring Fessenden, presiding fat a dinner given at the Shanghai Club by the Colonel's intimate friends, Such a cheery gathering and a spirit of good fellowship has tirely been seen as existed at th' dinner last Friday, There were formalities. Merely a gathering of friends present to wish bon voyage and Godspeed to "Twebdiedee."
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Bil the Gr a ce Tavs ug ae, eae tee of eat as cent EME es Rea" orna seen rik of whom ened Binnghat Voluntece Corps, the impending departure cement, surely formal function, and he has tended many in the past few days, could testify to the very high esteem in which friends of the Colonel hold him. Ie may leave and know that be has truly and well done his job." Many said 0 and meant it And the cheeriness and goodwill which pervaded the crowded private dining room will down in the minds of many fas one of the greatest informal functions they have over intended.
"Tweedledum" personified by Mr. Stirling Fessenden was in happy vein, His references to. his associ tions with the Colonel kept the gathering of friends in a continual ripple of laughter. There were no igh esteem which the retiring Colonel holds in the memories of his many friends
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