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My Prophecy to “Major” McKinley.—President McKinley
Becomes “One of the Boys” of My Audience; His
Attention to His Wife.—How He Won a Vermont City.—A
Story of the Spanish War.—My First Meeting with
President Harrison.—A Second and More Pleasing
One.—A Chance Which I Gladly Lost.—Some of President
Harrison’s Stories.—I Led a Parade Given in His
Honor.—Vice-Presidents Morton and Hobart.