Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-12-11

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 scarcely more uu'arlant lhaH it.d li" first report -of ~tl.e ,.,ortler risif4gs- |
 Janu;.ry. but to tIe1 nro who h;at
 watched the grnSvt.. If ttie diSturl,alIcp
 1t cane char1f7i w.:iE ij1fteuT0us mean | ing. Through tIie. entire ranks Of tne
 opposition frein i,rajde himself down , ward, 1t caused 4 thrill of expectation ! that peculiar prophetic sensation that
 every politician has experienced at
 some moment of his career
 ! In no member of his party did thS feeling strike deeper root than n Loder lmbued with Il lifelong interest i'll the eastern question. specially equipped hy personal knowledge to hold and pro
 claim an opinion upon Persian affairs,
 he read the signs and portents With n-
 stinctive insight Seated at Cbileote'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 1 pleasurable, of the night before, while his mental eyes consistently coDjured up the map of Persia, traveling with steady deliberH ton from Mery to Me shed, from Meshed to Herat, from Her l at to the empire of India. For it was
 not the fact that the IIazaras had risen against the shah that occupied the
 thinking mind, nor was it tue fact that
 Russian and not Persian troops were
 destined to subdue them, but the deep
 ly important consideration that an armed Russian force had crossed the frontier and was encamped within
 twenty miles of Meshed-Meshed. mp on which covetous Russian eyes have rested ever since the days of Peter the l Great
 So Loder.s thoughts ran as he read and reread the news from the varying political standpoints, and so they con tinued 10 run wlen some hours later, an urgent telephone message from tue St. Georges Gazette asked him to call at Lakeley's office l The message was interesting as well as Imperative. and ile matle an instant l response. The thought Of Lakesey,s keen eyes aud sllrpw.l cfithusiasms al ways possessed sstrens attractions for ishis own slower tenilstss tne1lts but even had this Impetus l}eeF! iaekil1g, the knowledge that it the St. isefi'ges et l fees. if ai}yWileie, li,e true Feelings of the party were invariably soseed Mo,lhi
 have drawn him without hcSit,tion. l. It was scarcely r. o'clock when he I turned the corner of the tall building. but already tlte=keeu spirit that i.atetet every where diltuSed was making ltSeil
 felt Lodcr smiled to himself as his
 eyes fell on the days placards with their uncompromising headings and
 passed onward from the string of gay
 ly painted carts t.rawn mp to receive
 their first colisi gnnrut of the spapcr to { the troop of eager llewsboys passing ill and out of the hig swing doors with 1 their piled up bundles of th" early "di { tion, and. with .H renewed thrill ..ot anticipation and energy he passed i through the doorway and ran upstairs + 4'assin. tiictra'cN-rti through t'fe '"n@ l corridor that led tu l.akel"y's office, he { caught d fresh impression of action and vitality from the click of the tap" machines in the suheditor'S office. ant glimpse through the open door of tn" SubcditOrs themselves each oceupie | with his particular task: then without 1 time for further observation he founi ! himself at I.akeleY'S door Without 1 waiting to knock. as he had felt com l pelled to do on the one or two previous
 occasions that business had brought ] hIm there. he Immediately turned the i handle and entered the room.
 I Editors officers differ but little in general effect Lskeley's surroundings l were rather more elaborate than is
 nsuaL as became the dignity of the oldest Tory evening paper, but the at
 mosDl.erp was lmmistak able. AS I.oder , entered he glanced mp from the desk 1 at which he was sitting. but instantly 1 returned to his task, of looking through and making Il pile .f~ early evening edi-  ! His coat was of and hung on the chair behind him. and he pulled vigorously on long cigar. '+ "Hello, That. right he said laron 1 ically Make yourself comfortable ] half d second. while l skim the St 1 Stephen's."
 His salutation pleased I.oder. With 1 a nod of acquieseence he crossed the
 office to the brisk fire that burned in l the grate. ! For d minute or two I.akeley worked steadily. occasionally breaking the quiet bv an+unintellieible remark or vigor-
 ous stroke of his pencil. At last he dropped the paper with gesture Of satisfaction and leaned back in his | chair.
 Well, he said, what dyon think ! of this: How'S tiHs for a conplifa- |