The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1907-08-30
The Fog Guide.
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fishing house TO write life of one of
England's great political leaders.
went to London and took apartments
| where would be dearest the reference
libraries should need t. consult. One
day while | vas on the street the city
was suddenly envc!opcd in fog. 1t
was so dense that | could not see my
hand held eighteen inches from my
| face. could hear the shouts OF the
drivers in the street, who at once be
| ;ran 10 creep along AMI even ut this
pace came into frequent collision. |
heard footballs about me. and now ana
again some one. doubtless more used
to fo-S and not to be stopped by them.
brushed ap-inSt me. Suddenly ! felt
light touch on the arm. and Il land
slid down it and graspcd mine.
"Show you the way, sir?'
l caught at the offer eagerly, for
there was confidence in the mans tone
Get me out of this" l said, "and
will pay you we'll" Then 1 gave him
my street and number.
| He moved off at Il pace that aStonish-
ed me. How lie dared proceed at what
on Il clear day I would have conSi Tered
IN ordinary gait l could not imagine.
Now and again above the confusion OF
noises | heard II tapping as of some
one hitting the pavement with stick
Strange to say, we jostlcd no one. and
no one jostlcd u.s. but could feel my
guide pull or push me to one side or
the other in order to avoid collision.
"Arc you stranger in London, SIR
he asked.
Yes. an American
"An American? Then l am conduct.
ing II fellow countrymanE'
Indeed! How came YOU TO he II fog
| conductor in Iondon?"
Il came here to find Il better literary
field than ours in America
"And got stranded"
Eyes"
81 am literary man myself and am
here now doing literary work hut ]
have an order"
YOU'RE fortunate. ! had no orders.
| had some success at first. but my
wife sickcncd and died. and my dau"i;.
ter became n confirmed invalid. This
reduced me to working on potboilcrs,
and at last
Even they would not boil the pot?'
"Thcy did till my daughter failed me
5 | as an amanucnSis''-
At This moment. whether the mans
mind was taken from his present work
1 by his misfortuncs or through careless
ness, we were nearly knocked down by
some one proceeding more rapidly than
/
2 conversation. As to our location, | had
] no knowledge of ii whatever, but my
guide told me he knew exactly where
we were. In about an hour from our
r starting lie led me up TO door. which
l he opened and we stood i'm the hall of
? a tenement house
| This is not my lodging house." |
: said sharply, fearful that / had been
| trickcd
Forgive me- said the man, who
could now see was Intellectual looking,
but very shabby; Il live here / have
brought yOu 10 my home to show YOU
what can HAPPEN 10 an American who
trusts himself on the literary sen OF
London" He opened door and took
me into room. or. rather two rooms
communicating. In one of them on Il
couch lay Il girl with thr nlrinc rvns
and hectic chccl; of 4 consuu,n,jyc
81 would offer you some refresh
mentS" said the man. ''hut there Is ipt
a crust of bread here. We have uei-
thcr fuel nor lights, and my poor
daughter, far from having the dclica
cieS she needs, has not even ordinary
food"
am taking no credit to mvscIf i'm
sayin: that relieved thrir distress NJ
would he a hinty heart tLat couII rn.
fuse Il fellow couulrymnn ia a strourn
land. White was lstcuju., to q moro
detailed story of tscir Iiyns q rov OF
sunlight came streaming in M thc win.
dow o.l t,l,irU , uo,,,ro,,l,,,,, az
their 10 atiou l.rt them
one CIV Inc roth,,. annpornd at my
anari..vat; 10 ten mo thut hi; doumh-
ter had bu, Il sho., time !, live ana de-