MR. KINGSTON BROOKS, POLITICAL AGENTAlready the sweepers were busy in the deserted hall, and the lights burned low. Of thegreat audience who had filled the place only half-an-hour ago not one remained. Theechoes of their tumultuous cheering seemed still to linger amongst the rafters, the dustwhich their feet had raised hung about in a little cloud. But the long rows of benches wereempty, the sweepers moved ghostlike amongst the shadows, and an old...