The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-14
THE Man and THE HOUR
BY ANNA Fl. THORNE.


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trils dilating
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throw bocI, bie hood With a Wild froo
movement bnt in his boarf he know tbot
bn would bo M Iongor rroe Tho eneech
which had snrrng from, his Tns in one
~ those momonts that como hnt once in
a lifntimn would he mo Iongor nossibIe II
ha accented
II had been feryent speech. Living
thoughts had clothed themselves in elo-
ouent symbols. They had gone from him
unconsciously as n resistless river bears
upon its bosom shin freighted with
glorious possibilities 10 the human race
He had been free. To the free man all
things are possible!
"Well." he must face il. this ugly thing
which had lurked in the corner all the
evening. during the congratulations. the
handshakings, the friendly slipping Of
wine, the laughter and the jest.
They were in full sight now to the
mans awakened consciousness. The bit
and the curh-ovn and tha vhinlosh