The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-11-23

dred thousand men in Chicago. needing
only leader. Every available force
of the government will be in Ten
nessee."
'And / will be in Chicago on the
night of that day virtually dictator,
said Hendricks, IF you have paralyzed
the executive arm at Washington. Cen
tlemen, if you leave here tonight pre-
pareo to carry out our work we are
masters of the situation in four days. y
Calicot leaned a moment against the
wall of the corridor. He appeared to
be faint. Then, as if making desper-
ate effort, he thrust the pad into his
pocket, and, turning, felt his way
along the passage and came out into
the arena. He cast hurried look
around. The railway platform was
| two hundred feet away, and car was
ready to start with number of men.
He ran across the open space, hailed
the guard, ran up to the train and
climbed aboard. Knight as well travel
as do anything else to kill time" he said
to the guard. The man looked at him.
"Are you sicl1?" he asked. "Yes," re-
piled Calicot. 1.-THE ride will do me
good. Let me off at the rotunda. /
want to get drink"
Once there he slipped off in the shad-
ows, and the car went off. In five min
utes it backed up and Calicot got on
again. 'Are you going straight back?''
he asked. "Yes, replied the man, last
trip but one. / wait for the COVER
nors. Some of them are going to the
bayou tonight"
1t could not have been more than ten
minutes when Calicot was back at his
quarters, and had resumed his place in
the corridor. and was listening.
The consultation was still going on.
Hendricks was speaking.
You have SEEM" he said, chow
every event has justified my plans. Let
us have no mistake now and we are
masters of the situation. This is the
stage of anarchy. We go through it
to victory. 1 have, 1 think. calculated
for every contingency"
At that moment Calicot pushed the
door open and stood white but calm
before the assembled group.
You have overlooked one factor"
he said. deliberately.
The astonished circle started into at
titudes of alarm. Hendricks and Fen
ming alone preserved their GOODNESS.
My prisoner" said the former.
"You were listening"
YES" replied Calicot, lit is my duty
to tell You that in your plans you for
got one important element"
They looked at him with a suspicion
of danger in their faces. He appeared
in his almost CHASTITY calmness to be
some kind of incalculable force.
What do you mean?" asked Hen
bricks.
Calicot put his hand upon his breast
and bowed slightly. You forgot me-"
he said, land your work comes to
naught. 1t was just like you to I'M
derestimate the qualities that would
destroy you. l have never heard that
in your diabolism there was any pro-
vision for self-sacrifice. Fortunately
in my scheme there was. In three
minutes we shall all die together"
In the confusion that followed Hem
bricks shouted: BE calm; the man has
been crazed by his confinement"
'No," said Calicot, Il am neither
crazy nor desperate. 1 have lit the
slow match to your magazine. The
explosion will kill every human being
in the Laran. You will be found
here with your secrets divulged. 1
have saved the country. Providence.
which is on the side of history. sent
me to you, and you accepted the in
strument of your own destruction"