Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-06-28

We'll, pray dismiss all notions of
magic and Illusion" replied Kent with
a smile "The cave is the only thing
that approaches the miraculous-au
the rest is plain sailing hard work with
the assistance of science. It remains
for you to say, after you have made .
thorough examination of the place, If
1t can be made tenantable for a year"
II should say at once" said Laport,
THAT If you have the means at COM
mand-that 1t can. I know nothing
about b ventilation or salubrity Of It,
and the work is SO gigantic that at
first sight shoulds say 1t would require
. stock company with unlimited CAPT.
tai to effect the purpose"
81 have roughly figured the improve
ments at a million dollars" said Kent. |
land that Of course Is an economical
estimate. The money l have. It Is
not a question Of ~ourc 1t Ia
q question Of practicability. I want
you to familiarize yourself with the
place-make yourself comfortable,
look over my plans which you will find
in that portfolio there, estimate care
fully just what tools and materials YOU
need and be ready to talk to me more
fully at the end Of a fortnight. Your
salary will commence from to-day and
you can draw on me for money when
o please. The sooner you get an ac-
curate estimate of the material, the
sooner l can begin to get it in. The
first thing is to make q survey for an
electric plant and a tramway. We
must have light and means of convey
ance. It Is impossible to deliver the
heavy material at this entrance. / am
going away tomorrow and will be
back in about q week. In that time ]
expect o to have formed a clear
Judgment Of what you can do. You are
too tired to-day to go over the ground,
but l will Introduce o to my right
hand man here who will be subject to
your directions when we get to work
and he will guide you in your explora-
tiOns. | shall be gone one or two weekA
You will find many of the conveniences
of life here. The mail is brought once
@ day and includes the principal pa
pers of the country and some Of its
best periodical literature. There are
stationery and appliances in the
rooms l would not, if l were you,
venture far from the house above
ground alone, and remember that my
name hero is Hendricks and yours Is
Franklin. Is there anything you
would like to say to me before l go?"
Laport hesitated a moment. and then
replied: Eyes. There is one person
whom / should like to know of my
freedom. 1t is the only person on
earth for whom I have n deep aHec-
ton, and who on hearing OF my escape
will be tormented with anxiety"
And who might h a person be?"
ut is my daughter"
"Where is she?"
Sin Boston,"
You want to communicate with
her?"
II shout like to set her mind at rest
IN some way, We if cannot see her"
81 need not tell you," said Hen
bricks, h communication with her
is exactly what the detectives who ere
searching for you expect. Thy have
already put a watch upon her; know
n1l her actions and follow every one
who calls upon her. Her mails are
even intercepted. No, 10. Not at
present By and by when the scent is
cold, we can get word 10 her, and
when we have proper accommodations,
you can rave her with you if you Hike.
but not now
VI.
The next morning there arrived at
the house very early a dark-visaged,
heavily-whiskered and somewhat
rough-looking parsonage, whom Hen
bricks called 1.-The captain" They ate
their breakfast together and then sci
out On horseback in a southwesterly
direction. They were armed with re-
~volvers and carried on their saddles a
luncheon which the servant had pre-.
pared for them.
= The moment they were alone Hen
bricks said:
, "Well. you are on time. Have you
succeeded?"
Eyes, SIR" sal the captain, whe
,, spoke in a deep, husky voice and
: stopped at intervals to expectorate
: rub his hand across his mouth and
: pull down his jet-blacl1 whiskers
, , Fuff-like in 'front.'
. Eyes, sir; the boat is in the bayou
= or will be by the time we get there
= She is loaded with green lumber.
l left New Orleans on the 10th, and TIE
= party is made up. 1t is understood thai
= we are going tarpon fishing off the
coast of Florida"
J "What men have you got?"
\ . JOhk " Aot
! it. There's thirty of 'em; with the
: men we pick up at the coast thereIl b.
. fifty in all. It isn't enough"
!, Perhaps not" said Hendricks, ''bu'
1 it isn't men we need if we get hos
u guns off all right"
. We'll, let me tell you bout tn,
guns. 1t took thirty men and
lighter two days to lift 'em ahoat
The men understood that l was acting
= for the Venezuelan government.
= o the trouble to get them at Pana
p ma"
= "But you had q tug"
GOT course | had a tug, but I sen
= her back before I got through. She't
. like to nave seen what I was up to
. The id tub with the guns i.
!. hauled up in a cove on the little cora
4 island of St John. The other stuff i
+, on the coast"
81 under:tood the vessel to be a sea
s going schooner, She will have tn,
trade wind and she has got to be in tn,
exact spot on the 25th by dead reckon
ing" said Hendricks.
"Barrin' accidents and clements
It replied the captain, shell be there.
+ On the morning of the 25th. tn,
v handsome steamer San Pedro which
e had been lying at the levee in New
Orleans, took aboard a party of gentle
men and went down the river and on
to sea for a weeks tarpon fishing. TIL
t moment she was in the gulf, sh'
headed south by west and IN the after
noon of the 25th encountered
4 schooner from which h received tn
guns that had been picked up on tn
n Bahiata bank.
" On the 2Sth. she was off q noint O,