Chapter 20 MERCHESTER PREPARES.

I must not overload these slight pages by chronicling at length how Merchester caught and developed the Pageant fever. But to Mr Colt must be given his share of the final credit. He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side-his vanity-by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement. He (pa