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Yes, sir.
[_Exit._
POLLEN
[_At the window again._
The edition is going like hotcakes. It has Maynard's speech in it. Did
either of you hear it?
CONROY
Yes. Damned rot, but effective.
POLLEN
He keeps the patriotism hot.
GROSVENOR
[_Proudly._
I trained that young man in patriotism.
[_Enter_ REPRESENTATIVE MAYNARD, _left; a young man, conceited
and with a swagger._
MAYNARD
Good evening, gentlemen.
GROSVENOR
Maynard!
CONROY
Great boy!
[_They all clap him on the shoulder and shake his hand._
POLLEN
A wonderful speech, my boy. We're playing you up for Governor of the
State in tonight's late editions.
MAYNARD
I'll sweep the State. It's patriotism, it's the flag, that gets the
rubes. You should have seen the whiskers of the rural sections waving in
the wind!
[_Shouts of newsboys outside: "Bulletin! War! All about the war!"_
CONROY
Eh?
MAYNARD
[_To Pollen._
Any news I've missed?
GROSVENOR
How's that? They're shouting "War" already.
POLLEN
[_Calmly._
I told 'em to.
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