Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-11
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| oblivion taat t5#d a5..io"ed mn 10 he ~o entrapppd. He second feela4& out Nei2 2htd tilo first He moved fufu ard! then paused again uncertain of him- self. Finally. With the consciousness that maetion was unbcarahle. he moved oh oDce more. hs= eyeS wide open, one hand thrust ont as q protec. ton and guide
 The fog had closed III behind him as heavily as iii front. shutting off all pos sibility of retreat. All about him in the darkness was a confusion of voices -cheerfnl. duhions. alarmed or angry Now and Then a sleeve brushed bis or l:ttd touched him tentatively. It was strange moment. H moment of possibilities. to which t4e el'unching wheels the o:.ths and laughter from the blocked traffic of 1he roadway made 4 eoltt.huous accompaniment Keeping wei ta thc left thiIcote still beat dil. 1lcre was a persistence in his movements ttat almost amounted to fear q f"&r h"ru of solitude filled with ihiIuHHerahle sounds For a space Ec 9raped about him without result. then his fingers touched the cold sur face of q shgtt"r"a shop front and q thrill Of feasSHranre passed through him Nith renewed haste and eiin@ing to his landmark :ts q blind man mg gilt. he started forward with fresh impetus.
 For fl dozen paces he moved rapidly and untycnv. then the natural result occurred He colited with q man com ing in the opposite direction.
 iEe shock was abrupt Both men svore simultaneously, then both laugh ed. The whole thing was casual, but Chilcote NaS ill that staie of mind when even the commonplace becomes abnormal .fae other mans eXclana- tion. ,hc other mans laugh, struck on his nerves. Coming out of the dark ness. they sounded like q repetition of bis own.
 Nine out Of every ten nen in London, given the same social position and the same education, might reasonably he expected to express annoyance dr amusement in the same manner. ros>i= bly ill the salue toHe of voice. and Il cote rculc:. s.9,. iii> almost 1t the moment ol h~ l5"ll 9Ils jar
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 Tn, othcr lauglod a@lfa. aud a@=2a the lan4l en~e. e2sl.@,e' He ev'na.e cd H,ase1a5el4.#ast # lae= @.s hreoaljl:: d lF,y ja .5z,,..#.;s. the 4ti,l,.,ssr spoke -Frfore fle eHeS;ou had solved ilsch
 "l'... ;..'l,ld they ;tre sIuaii," he s;ti z "lt would he almost hard To h;d ont Way to t!4t Ge1iI ot, :: night like this
 ChI,cotc luasic d m1lrHun of am'>e mem :3nti og,.Nvh;tel against the shol.
 Yes We can se" now where 'it- vation lh> iS < is"St Il repetition of the fog of six N,.ls~ age. Were N0a out in that:' II was T habit of h!S to iump from olt ~c..tctice tu another a habit that had gs.,un t' I;,tr.
 No. The stranger had also grored his Hay to ln" shop front No, l waS oll, of England six N.;Is ago.
 
 llp the collar of lis ro;tl "lt was an a,roeious fog. as black as ihis, but more universal. l remember it we'll II was the night Lexington made bis great sugar speech Some of us were found on Lambeth bridge al 2 in the morning. having Jeff the House al l2
 Chilcole seldom iaiilged in reminis ccnces, but this conversation with an unseen cohlpailion WAS more like X solieuuv than d dialogue. He was almost surprised into an exclamation when the other caught up his words.
 An, The sugar speech he said. odd that l should have been looking i it mp only yesterday. What q mag niticent dressing up of dry subject 1t was What q career Lexington prom ised in those days
 Chilcote changed his position.
 You are interested in the mudde down at Westiuin>terF' he asked sar- casticAlly
 .I:" It was tbe turn of the stranger To draw back a step. "Oh, read my newspaper with the ether 5,OO0om that is all. l am an outsider His voice sounded curt. The warmth that admiration had brought into it mo 1 mcnt before had frozen abruptly.
 An outsider" Chilcote repeated What an enNiable word"
 Possibly. 10 those who are well in side the rn@ itut let us go back r" Lexington What pinnacle the l4oli reached. and what a drop he had. II has always seemed to me an eXtl,aot diuarv inStau,e of tll, human leaN"li running through '3S aH What waS t'.e real cause of h' col,aps":' he ask'"! i suddenly. "Wa1 it ''rss or drink: l have often wisle,i 10 s"t at the truth
 Again Chl.pte 9haN,el lis AttitHI"
 .ls truth ever worth g"tuug at he asked rreevantly.
 "ln the case of public man ye& He exchanges his privacy for the inter est of 1he masses If he gives the masses the details of his success, why not the details "f his falureE But Wits