Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-09-13

friends there In Mr.. Tranklin's Office"
be said. "rhey need intelligent care.
You might lend hand. am scnding
oil the captured back to tho surface as
fast rs possible where they call be rc-
covered We cannot do them Justice"
"Iamatyour service, replied calicot.
"IIut wish to speak to you Of another
matter"
"Nhat Is it?" asked Hendricks,
brusqucly, as lc stepped aside.
Mr.. Franklin spoke to you about
removing his daughtcr?"
"Yos; told him to got her out rs
soon as possible. We move from here
In three days"
II wanted to suggest to you,' said
Callcot, ITO let the other girl 20. She
will die Of nervous shock In this up
roar."
you wish to escort hcr?"
mo. Let Lieut.. Stocking dot. The
old man will need somebody to pilot
him to Memphis. AS you probably
know, he Is in love with Miss Franklin.
The lieutenant will return here to me.
lam sufficient hostage"
"Yoru friend 10 vindic.lyc man."
sold Hendricks. "llut you have noticed
that haven't time to bo."
II said TO myself" replied Calicot
''that the execution Of ybur plans no
longer depended on our captivity or
secrecy"
"Ah, you have arrived at that concu-
sion."
~ acknowledge facts So far ns
con 500 you are In armed rebellion.
IT Is no part Of the magnanimity Of
war TO entomb helpless women. From
what have seen Of your character
believed that you would accedo to my
Wishes
"ljut your friend did not think So"
mo, but he, perhaps, does not under
stand you"
Hendricks smiled rather grimly.
"At nlghtfsll" he said, 81 will give
your party an escort and pass them out
Of the bayou end. My own men arc
In the woods between the bayou and
Memphis, and the women would not
be safe"
Then Hendricks abruptly left him.
Calicot's anxiety now grew hourly.
He had sickcning fear that Fenning
might arrive ut any moment and frus-
tratc the whole plan.
The women spent the intervening
time In preparation, and Calicot, after
hurried consultation with Stocking,
repaired to Mr. Laport's quarters, and,
finding the wounded men had been re-
moved, he sat down at the table, and
for an hour gave himself TO the writ
Ing Of what seemed IN interminable
letter, which he concealed on his per-
son when completed.
He then wandered aimlessly through
the long passages, Whiting impatiently
for the night to come.
II was eight o'clock Us near as he
could guess, when Stocking and the
two young women got aboard one of
the box-cars and accompanied him to
the bayou entrance. Very little was
said on the way. Calicot WINS apprc-
hensive md not disposed to talk. Ills
chief fear was that something would
occur to interfere with their departure
OF the last moment. II seemed to him
that the rotunda was full OF men and
be suspected that Hendricks had been
getting fresh recruits at the bayon
end during the fight at the Laran
portal.
When they arrived at the end Of their
Journey, Stocking very nearly upset
the project by suddenly refusing to
60 unless his friend accompanied them,
end required oil the frmness and per-
suasion that Calicot could command to
induce him to proceed. "Do not" he
said, "imperil everything by giving up
your faith In me now. On the day after
tomorrow, when you have secured the
ssfety Of your companions, you are to
come back for me. The government
will have some Of Its forces here then,
and the issue will not be doubtful, be-