A rush was made for the hero that sat on his heels. He was seized, and jerked to his feet. An effort was made to jam him through the crowd to his place of honor on the stage; but the crowd was too dense, and it failed. Then he was boosted—lifted up bodily—and lay for a few seconds sprawling and kicking upon the heads and shoulders of the great throng. In this manner he was gradually pushed toward the stand, and finally reached it, doubtless to his great relief, in the arms of some half-dozen gentlemen, who set him down in full view of his clamorous admirers.” The commotion grew louder.
