A SPEECH THAT MADE A HIT.

Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 50, 17 July 1906, Page 2

A SPEECH THAT MADE A HIT.

Edward Hanlan, ex-chamnion oarsman of the world, related a good story of how he delivered a speech C ? ter winning his second race in England.

His first victory had found him unprepared. He was ready for his second with a speech for him by a newspaper friend neatly coppied out on paper cad stored away for use in his cooC poclret. When the crowd outside the clubhouse insisted upon seeing and hearing the winner, he was helped out upoz? a window ledge by his friends, and hell* there by t ; w oat-tails and the legp.

The crowd cheered him wildly. He wau too ronfused to bpeak. They cheered hire again. He brew out his hands in a 'jesture of helplessness and moved his lips in some inaudible mumble of apology for his inability to deliver a speech. They could .not hear on account J the noise that they were themselves making, but I tbfe*/ encouraged him with generous i appl-Lara. He saw his escape, and ! to shake his head and work his lips in a fine frenzy of oratory, gesticulating eloquently and ■'xriling His thanks. The noisy and «X)Od-natured crowd cheered him to the cuiio, and his friends drew him in from precarious position on the /jpjdow ledg .

*Cou that crowd along in style,” they congratulated him. “What you say ? We couldn’t €r»r you.” give us an id. * of your speech,” reporter! put in, drawIcifr ou j t-S’v notebooks.

i.lank.n the manu£j4pt from his ,lret. “licre”>(jfe3 whole he Caid. “Davou r -’ r ' 4it all “Vflell, rather,” they c&£,wv_jed. “TfOV rjft?ech mac; a hit ”