The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-30

IN no member or mis- party oiu tnf,
feeling strike deeper root than In Loder
Imbued with lifelong interest in the
eastern question. specially equipped by
personal knowledge to hold and pro-
claim an opinion upon Persian affairs.
he read the signs and portents with in
stinctiye insight. Seated at Chilcote's
table surrounded by Chilcote's letters
and papers, he forgot the breakfast
that was slowly growing cold, forgot
the interests and dangers, personal or
pIeasurabIe, of the night before, while
his mental eyes persistentiy conjured
up the map of Persia, travelling with
steady deiiDeration from Mery to Me-
shed, from Meshed to Herat from Her
at to the empire of India. For it was
not the fact that the Eazaras had risel
against the shah that occupied the
thinking mind. nor was 1T the fact that
Russian and not Persian troops were
destined to subdue them, but the deep
" important consideration that an
armed Russian force had crossed the
frontier and was encamped within
twenty miles of Meshed-Meshed, up
on which covetous Russian eyes have
rested ever since the days OF Peter the
Great
So Loder's thoughts ran as he read
and reread the news from the varying
political standpoints, and SO they con-
tinued to run when, some hours later,
an urgent telephone message from the
St Georges Gazette asked him to call
Mt I4akeley's office.
The message was interesting rs well
as Imperative, and he made an instant
response The thought of Lakeley's
keen eyes and shrewd enthusiasms al
ways possessed strong attractions for
his own slower temperament, but even
had this impetus been lacking, the
knowledge that at the st. Georges Of
fees, IL anywhere, the true feelings Of
the party were invariably voiced would
have drawn him without hesitation.
1t was scarcely IL o'clock when he
turned the corner Of the tall building.
but already the keen spirit that Lakeley
everywhere diffused was making itself
felt. Loder smiled to himself as his
eyes fell on the days placards with
their incorporating headings and
passed onward from the string Of gay
ly painted carts drawn up to receive
their first consignment OF the paper to
the troop Of eager newsboys passing in
and out OF the big swing doors with
their piled up bundles Of the early edi-
ton, and with q renewed thrill of
anticipation and energy he passed
through the doorway and ran upstairs.
Passing unchallenged through the long
corridor that led to Lakeley's ONCE, he |
caught a fresh impression of action |
and vitality from the click of the tape |
machines In the subeditor's office, and |
a glimpse through the open door of the |
themselves, each occupied |
with his particular task; then without |
time for further observation he found |
himself at Lakeley's door. Without |
waiting to knock, as he had felt COM /
PEELED to do on the one or two previous /
occasions that business had brought |
him there, he Immediately turned the
handle and entered the room.
Editors officers differ but little in |
general effect. Lakeley's surroundings I
were rather more elaborate than is
usual, as became the dignity Of the
Oldest Tory evening paper. but the at
was unmistakable. AS Loder
entered he glanced up from the desk
at which he was sitting, but instantly
returned to his task of looking through I
and making pile Of early evening edi-
lions that were spread around him.