The Globe-republican., 1894-10-05

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"YOU, MY DEAR SIR, ARE MY PRISONER"
to the windows. Almost at the same
moment he heard the sound of horses.
feet and he knew that the house was
surrounded. Then he opened the door
suddenly and stood in the room.
Calicot, who was facing the entrance,
had risen suddenly and was standing
in an attitude Of defense. Mrs. Hen
bricks, with admirable self-possession,
half turned with look of reproach.
spray be seated" said Hendricks.
"What we have to say need not disturb
the air of tete-a-tete," and he pulled,
as he advanced to the table, one of the
chair with him.
Calicot remained standing.
II beg that you will be seated" said
Hendricks with politeness.
Calicot strobe to the window and
pulled the curtain aside. He saw the
mounted men on the lawn. Then he
dropped the curtain and came back to
the table.
'There is lady present." said Hen
bricks. There Is no necessity in our
Interview for her retirement"
Calicot sat down. He was looking
at Hendricks with curiosity.
"In the little conflict between u.s."
said the latter, 81 assure you, sir, that
If you had made it plain that you rep
resented the inevitable, would have
gracefully succumbed. That is all I
ask Of you now. There are twenty
five men guarding the house and SUI
ficient force inside. You, my dear sir,
are my prisoner"
"You are certainly" said Calicot,
''the most extraordinary man I ever
met. It requires brains as we'll as aur
dacity to play Claude Duval success
fully on a modern stage. It may be
necessary to the ends of justice for me
to succumb. The agents of the newt
able scarcely count. They may delay
| they do not alter the result. / am
very glad. sir, to have met you at last,
even to my disadvantage. How many
officers of the law have you killed this
morning?"
''It will help to preserve your own
comfort and my good WILL" said Hem
bricks, ''if you will try and understand
at the start that you have got to deal,
not with crime, but war. / am not a
malefactor, but revolutionist. So
ciety in month will have to treat
with me under the conditions of armed
conflict 1t would be we'll if you could
advance your position and your Ian
guage to that point without waiting
for events. At present you are my
prisoner. intend to hold you. There
ought to be no good reason why your
captivity should be uncomfortable"
Calicot smiled. ''You fight the in
evitable with sophistry." he said.
''There is but one other means after
that. It is violence. do not accept
your argument and do not recognize
your authority. but am deeply inter
ested in your hallucination."
Enough" replied Hendricks. MAY
ask You to give up your arms?"
81 give you my word as gentleman
that never carry any and am unarmed
at this moment" said Calicot.
''Then pardon me a moment" said
Hendricks. ''You will have to &C
company me-" He went to the door
and spoke to one of his men. He
thought, as he turned to come back,
that both Mrs. Hendricks and Calicot
made a motion Of their bodies as il
they had leaned forward to speak to
each other.
SSvCS11 eSvOS coSd
Hendricks.
Certainly not voluntarily" replied
Calicot. Il am an officer Of the law.
You are resisting the due process Of
that law"
81 regret exceedingly" said Hen.
bricks, that you should insist upon
force"
THAT is your responsibility-not
mine" observed Calicot.
Hendricks called in two men. RE
move this gentleman to the shaft" he
said.
The men stepped on either side Of
calicot-
''That is sufficient" he said. "You
need not drag me-"
He then made q bow to Mrs. Hen
bricks and walked to the signal room.
After consultation with the gem
eral Hendricks followed him. The
shaft was open and the lift was wait
ing in the roozn- II was impossible to
see the mechanism of the floor for the
window had been darkened by closed
shuttcr. Just IS the two men stepped
into the elevator the sharp report Of .
xi0e rang out clear uuon thu AIR an1