The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-09-14

Fenning looked grave. ''Ah!'' he
said, as they sat down, do you re-
member the contents?"
Clearly"
ITO whom were they addressed?"
ITO Hendricks, in Washington. Can
you get me to the bayou to-n;ght?''
Fenning shook his head. 81 can
get you on the way" he said. ct il
thirty miles to Upton county. must
say that am surprised at your coming
here. There is nothing at all can
be proved against you and you run the
risk of connecting this office in the
chain of suspicious, whateverthey are"
But" said the woman, lit is imper-
atively necessary to all interests that
! get to Laran."
"What have you got about your per-
SOM"
"Papers and money" she replied,
Immediately taking packet from her
bosom and handing it to Fenning and
pulling roll of bills from her satchel
He placed both in large envelope
and put it in an inner breast pocket.
SIS that Miss Laport?" she asked, re-
ferring to the young woman in the
outer Office.
"Yes," replied Fenning.
''Can you trust her?"
Certainly. She is very grateful on
her fathers account, but she is queer"
''Can you get her to change dresses
with me?''
"What do you want to do?"
''The quickest and safest thing.
Some one followed me to st. Louis.
When l took the boat thought l had
lodged him. Just as / was about to
land / saw him through the cabin
window. I had telegraphed to the
hotel here for a room. / came to the
hotel in hack. AS passed the main
entrance to reach the ladies' entrance
on the other street, l saw the man in
the vestibule of the Office. He had got
there before me. He must have seen
my telegram"
"You should have stayed there and
faced him." said Fenning. 1T would
have been absolutely impossible to
connect you with the operations at
Laran."
"You forget" she replied, II had
papers. believe the Central Office in
New York has got the key to our
cipher. At all events, several things
have occurred lately which have
fastened me west. When arrived at
the hotel, the register was brought to
me in the ladv's waiting-room. l was
given No. 40 on the second floor in
the wing, but noticed that the clerk
was examining me as if making COM
parison of my appearance with de-
scription in his mind. A hall boy was
sent up one fight to my room with me.
The Office is two hundred feet away.
I told him 1 was tired and was going
Immediately to bed. The moment he
left me slipped down the stairs. It
was ten o'clock. There was one
chance in a hundred that the door Of
the lady's entrance was not locked.
The hall boy had gone to the Office to
report. There was no one in the
hall. The door had not been locked.
went out softly The side street was
deserted. There was one hackman at
the corner on his box waiting for some
one, but he was asleep. l heard him
snore. took a roundabout course and
here ! am"
81 am satisfied that you have made
mistake in Judgment" said Fenning.
IF you are known as Mrs. Hendricks
or as being in communication with
Hendricks, this is where they will look
for YOU"
"But they need not find me. Nothing
will be done till morning. l locked
my room door and they believe am in
my bed. We have got the night before
us. Remember this officer may have q
requisition."
'sNonsense," replied Fenning. you
have done exactly what he has ex-
pected--acted suspiciously. He is
simply keeping track Of YOU I'll wire
to Laran for instructions.
Fenning got up.
"You waste time" said the lady
putting her hand on his arm. "Under-
stand that everything depends at this
moment on my being able to reach
Laran. A hundred possibilities may
intervene before tomorrow. You
must ship me from here early in the
morning"
''Ship you? How?'
"With your goods"
Fenning considered a moment
81 understand you," he said. 1T
may be possible"
st is imperative" she replied.
"Tell Miss Laport that she must
change dresses with me and lend me
her veil. Take her home and leave