Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-11

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 ! rr ny ic.uIts. 1s',ed the ui-h
 A of Jan. g on that ni9ht inc ,,laeke.t fog Nith.z.- d four Ne;u,s, mem DIV ft.i II r oc. ....l portions of Lon ,iou and ;ll-1 on i!tIt Hi4hj cane the first annouHccI.pAt If lhc border riS- .uys again>. tle Persian government Y, the province of N!lt;t>s;.iI- tle an- nonncemc;n tAat. speculatcd upon, even smiled at .t the tn>. assumed .ucb siSniiics,.,. u tne light of after events.
 At 8 o'clock tbe news spread through inc house of commuHs, but at . men in Ine in.,.. 1D,,,ics were sos;>4Ia,i, n1t 70 much upon how far Russia. while ostensib]y upholdin& the shah. had rulled the strings by which the inSur- gents danced. as upon tie manner ill which the St. Geur;=e,S CftHct!t tue Tory evening newspaper, had Se&ed upon the iuc dent and shaken il u tlie faces of the government
 More tiian once before I.4Iel4. the owner and editor c! lir S, ticar~e'S tl1N of tradition aud taken t plunge into modern jourUalSiiI. but tonight he e. saved deeper waters than before and under an almost Sational headiH" declared that in this apparently inno= cent border rising we had less an out come of mere racial auta-onism than 4 first faint luacx of q long cherished Russian scheme. growing tp Il gradual maturity unoer the 'drift policy of tbe present British government.
 The effect produced by tlS pro nouncement. If strong. was varied Members of the opposition saw, or thought they SAW. | reflection of il in the smiling uncaHeelu on the minis feriaI benches. and the government had an uneasy sense that behind tue newly kindled interest on the other side of the house lay some mysterious scenting of battle from afar off. Bat though these iiipHcs> .ons ran like eiee trieity through the atmosphere. noth- inc tangible marked tleir passage, and {lte ordinary business of the heuSe pro ceeded until half past II. when aH ad jourumeut Was moved.
 The first man to hurry from his place WAS John Ghileote. mrml,cr for East Nark He passed out of he house quickly, with lhc half furlive quick GeSs that marks q self absorbed man, and as he passed the policeman stand. ing Stoidly under tue archcd doorway of the big courtyard he sWerved lt- Gle, as if startled out of his thoughts. fIe realized his sweIye almost before 1t was accomplished and pulled him self together with nervous irritahilitN.
 "Fogsy night. constable he said. With elaborate carelesSneSS.
 "Foggy night. sir, and thichenns up West" responded the man.
 ''Ah, indeed" Chilcotes answer was absent. The conStables cheery voice jared op him. and for the second time he was conscious of Senseless irrita- tlon. Without further glance al the man, he slipped out into the courtyard and turned toward the main gate.
 At the gateway two cab lamps show cd through the mist of shifting fog like tue eyes of a great eat, and the familiar "liansom, sir:" came to him tndistlpctly
 $ Ele paused by force of custom and, stepping forward. had almost touched the open door when new impulse < caused him 10 draw back.
 "No,' hs said hurriedlys mo HI walk"
 Ihe cabman mu,tered, dashed bis 0orse and, with a clatter of hOpfs and harness. wheeled away, while Chilcote, etli with uncertain hastiness. crossed tbe road in the direction of Whitehall. About the abbey the fog had par kla!iy lifted, and in the rallied garden toat faces the houses of parliament the statues were visible in a spectral ay. But Chilcote's glance was unsta- D!e end indifferent He skirted the fslii1gs oeedlessly and, crossing the soao with the speed of long familiar ny, gained Whitehall on the left hand ejde.
 There the fog had dropped. and, look sne upward toward Trafalgar square. seemed that the chain of lamps ex- Eended little farther than the Horse
 guards and that beyond lay nothing.
 unconscious of this caprici0us alter oaton between darkness and light,
 Aiieofe continued his course. To a S'ose observer the manner of his going .so ooth interest and suggestion, for
 loogh he walked oD, apparently self
 sroSSed. yet at every dozen steps he sat1eo at some sound or some touch. aAs man who*e nervous system is bMfuliy oyerStrung.
 "aa4ntaining bis hastc, he went de
 Werately forward oblivious of the
 ~. that at each step the curtain of
 iAaesS about Ln became closer,
 sApef' more tangible; that at each
 %oao }he pa&sershy iostled each
 With greater frequency. Then,
 tup'iy, With a sudden realization of
 r,' a' had happened, he stood quite
 Without anticipation or prepa-
 oh he had walked full into the
 AheSs of the fog-a thickness SC