Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-12
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Whet fs she doin9?"

"whst fs shs d6inge"
''Ehe IL In . rocker. Stocking Ia road
ing something TO her"
TRY and get her TO the signsi-foorn.
Fenning is very anxious to speak to
her. Where is Miss Endicott7" 7ea.e
'.She In In her room. can't get her
out"
HAS the marshal seen herr
Yes. He has been curious about
her. 1 can't get her down without
making q scene"
Cant you get the men away SO
that Mrs. Hendricks can communicate
with meY"
"I thought she did last night. i sug-
9ested Il to her"
"She did not. Tell her I want to
hear from her"
Are your men all OFF,"
Eyes"
Late that night Mrs. Hendricks came
to the signal-room and the following
conversation took place.
what r you doing with tho off,
eers?" g
Keeping them in good humor."
What have you learned?"
mot much. The principal Is a very
adroit man. BY some of his attempts
to draw me cut ares I fancy he
has some evidence about the Corin-
THAN affair"
"Ask her." said Fenning, 'if Miss
Laport Is trying TO find out how much
the other one knows"
Hendricks did not ask that question.
What he said was:
Does Miss Laport understand her
fathers danger"
"Calicot asked me yesterday" was
the answer, when she was going
away. She had told Stocking she was
4 going away in q week or two"
Send her down here tonight. Her
father wishes to see her. Do these Of
fcers suspect the Bayou houso?"
IT don't think they know Of it.
Their impression appears to be that
you are away and will come back un-
suspectingly and fall into their arms on
the front lawn"
Another day passed. Miss Laport
had not been heard from and It was
not till a t the next night that the
doctor called up Hendricks.
81 don't like tho situation here" he
said. 1.-THE ladies, II you will permit
me to say it, do not appear to be In .
hurry to get rid Of our guests. I feel
as If I were IN the way. Calicot Is com
municatinR In some way with the "a
thorities, ] am sure"
Hendricks stopped him. Come
down." he said, Immediately. I can't
talk to you through this thing"
cit is not safe to leave this part OF
the establishment TO the women. You
want a man here. 1 heard Calicot
walking through the upper hall last
night when everybody was asleep but
myself. don't know what he was do
ing. asked him this morning what
disturbed him, and he said the room
was SO close 1t was like sleeping in q
cave. This may have been an acci-
dental speech. but / thought he said 1.
with a peculiar Significance.
"'Have you yer slept In a cave7' ]
asked.
"'No,' he replied, looking me in the
eye. Have your
do you know ! begin to suspect that
this man is not an officer. Wait, Thea,
footsteps overhead"
Hendricks waited some time and nc
fresh signal coming, he went to bed.
It vas half-past twelve. He slcp.
soundly until our o'clock, when he
got up, washed himself and went into
Jennings apartment I wake him and
vas surprised to see him sitting up in
a rocker smoking a pipe, in his shirt
sleeves
HALO" he said, 'oouldr't you
sleep?"
NO" replied Fenning. IF I don,
get some sunshine, 1 shall have per
manent insomnia"
"Give me one Of your cigars. I have
ordered Sam to have breakfast at five
Well get some coffee and go down t.
the Bayou house and take . dash ou'
doors. It will do you good and 1 wan
to talk to you"
When he had lit his cigar he So
down and said:
fleming, you're the coolest man w
got Let me have your bottom
thought"
I'm afraid Of Mrs. Hendricks" sait
fleming, land the Idea of being sealet
up here makes me restive."
Thanks for your frankness," reptile.
Hendricks. Dismiss the idea o
treachery. As 10 The sealing up, 1t 1
. impossible. Como and get some stroni
coffee into you and then we'll try togo
some sunshine. I don't intend 70,
shall be sealed mp"
Half an hour later . car was read,
and they got aboard to go TO tho west
ern entrance. The ride was . peculiar
ly ghostly one at this hour. Hero an
there an incandescent burner lit up tn
immediate spaces and left great gulf
black and foreboding. No ono wa
: astir and It was q half hours rid
through gigantic shadows and success
sive strata Of odors that betokened tn
the stores and tho stables. When the,
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