Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-17

when you come to the Cache gulley six
miles out. you are to leave this box marked
bcwlder is, in the grove on the right. 1t
contains tools and instruments for the sur
veyors who are to place a new bridge over
the slough Handle it carefully-place 1t
under the tree and go on
He knew these men would carry out his
instructions. for they were regularly in his
service and were well paid.
The truck got away just one hour and
twenty minutes before Fenning got a call
a his office.
He recognized his visitor at once as the
man who had been following the woman
There was something about the fellow that
instantly told Fenning he was a profession
al detective. He was becomingly dressed in
good clothes, but they were not worn with
the ease of familiarity. His general ap-
pearance indicated impudence and logged
ness, rather than shrewdness. He had one
of those faces, square, immobile and hard
that are devoid of all emotion. His little
bead eyes were sunken and black and wore
a steady. impertUf bable stare. He was n
muscular fellow, with square, broad Shout
ders and significant bulges of muscles on
mis- arms, but he moved without elasticity
or CELEBRITY.
Can | see you alone, MIR. Feuning?" he
asked in rasping, but subdued voice.
Yes. sir replied MIR. Fenning, step
right IN here.
The moment they were seated in the pri-
vate office the man said: Where is Mrs
HendricSs?'
II took her to private house early this
morning replied Fenning.
why did she leave the hotel?''
because she was annoyed at Your in
sufie- bic inpudence in DIGGING her all the
way from New York.
The man was a little surprised at this
his hesitation; his black eyes stared steadi-
ly at Fenning. who had leaned comfortably
hack in mis- chair with the evident purpose
OF leisurely conversation. but they be-
trayed kind of blank uncertainty.
She came from the hotel directly here
last night
.She did" replied Fenning 81 admire
her smartness in getting rid of a nuisance
And you know where she is?'
yes. sir. l do. but you must not expect
me to point her out to you before l under
stand the object Of your annoyance. If
you will give me one good and sufficient
reason why you should follow her, I'll tell
you where she is"
II guess l know" said the other; ''she Is
on her way to Hendricks before this
so. you're not an Officer. VIII you be
kind enough TO tell me what you are and
what you WANT
How do you know I'm not an officer?"
because if you were. the woman you
are in search of couldn't get out of this
city without your Knowing 1t; that is, if
you understood your business. There has
no boat left for up river since last night
and you would have been at the trains as
they left. L don't pretend to know you. but
that you sported in New York"
The men looked each other in the eyes
FenninG was the most -poSsessed-thc
othe- the most stOlid. His black eyes had
q flicker in them that might mean weak
establishment or it might mean contempt.
And | notice.. he said, that you don't
wear the same hair and the same clothes
that you wore when we boarded the Corin-
THAN"
Jennings self-possessiou was here tested
TO the utmost. Il don't know what you're
talking about" he said. Were YOU one
of the men that robbed the steamship Cor
inthian:' and re pushed his chair back a
little with the impulse of u sudden horror
at such close contact.
Yes, you and l had hand in it. but
Hendricks got the sWag.'
FcnninG regarded the man with undis-
guiSed establishment. Did Mrs Hend- ticks
have a hand in it, too
See here" said the man. there amt n
bit of use in this kind of fencing. I was a
witness of the first job. The woman's been
Singing gold ever since. while Hendricks
Is carrying on his underground works.
leS SAID Fenning, as if coaxing n
crazy man to tell more
And YOU run the Office in town Tbat,S
where the woman is now-underground
This was an admission that he did not
know where the Laran cave was and Fen
nin% was anxious u find out just how
much he did know.
You are right" he said "'She is safe
by this time. I've got a tunnel that runs
from this Office To the unde ground place
hut tell me about the steamship I baya
forgotten exactly how We managed it,
NOurc q steady one" said his COM
panlon, but its no Use-yOu was there
acknowledge IT," said fleming THE
only trouble is I can convince the dftv
other people who knew | was here at the
time tnat it's 50. Now. I dare say. Won will
not have that difficulty. You haven't told
M M yei what you were sneaking after Mrs
Hendricks for. Was she there"
y followed her TO find Hendricks
20. then you don't know where he isl
Il didn't then, but when l find his head