Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-08-30

In this comfortable and Secluded re
treat Mrs. Hendricks is at work during
the latter part Of July. The mails are
kept guardedly down to correspond
ence Of necessity and to the daily pa
pers from the large cities.
We can thus see kow Indifferent Hen
bricks was to the prospects Of siege
He could safely and secretly direct the
movements Of n vast organization scat
tered through the country while he
and his immediate forces were safe
from molcstation or disturbance while
their supplies lasted
On or about the 2sth Of July,
Fennirg succeeded In getting Mrs.
Hendricks to send for Mis- I.a.
ports assistance. But that young
woman refused TO leave Larn volun'
tarily. Tenning suspected the In
Hucnce OF Stocking. Mrs. Hendricks
was sure Of II. Preparations were then
made ut Jennings suggestion to send
her at night under strony guard To
meet him somewhere on the route.
when they were intcrfered with by thc
news from Iarnn. This was on the
60th and Hendricks tclegruphcd;
'Gomething OF our secret Is discovered
by the government. How much, ! do
not know. Watch the papers. A
United States gunboat anchored In the
river this q. M, opposite the bayou a
strong force has been ashore. 7 0
probability is that this Is one feature
OF . general movement and other forces
are concentrated. II is therefore fool
hardy TO send Miss Franklin at this
time"
II was Mrs. Hendricks custom to read
of these messages to Tenning while
she was at the instrument und hc
wrote them down with pencil In
order TO be sure Of their meaning,
burning them Immediately aftcrward.
They never suspected or ever knew
that thoy were rend by somebody else.
But they were, md II IN that curious
fact which enables us TO follow the
details Of his operations.
In the interval between the collision
with Gen. Lusconb and the departure
from Laran Of Mrs. Hendricks and
Tonning, Calicot had Ind ample op.
portunity to cultivate the acquaintance
Of Miss Laport, whom he knew only us
Miss Franklin, and as the two young
women In the place were thrown much
together, he saw II good denl of Miss
Endicott. The doctor, who had found
him wcll-rcnd man, Ind become quito
attached to him and had told him
great dcal about Miss Endicotts pc
culiar temperament and condition.
The young woman herself enjoyed
Calicot's society, and he and Miss In
port spent most Of their evenings visit
ing her, On one Of these occasions
she had lapsed into her trance condi-
ton and the doctor WINS not present
Something that was learned from her
lips made Miss Laport and Callcot con-
suit long and carefully. The very next
night when they were alone with her,
she again passed into an abnormal
state, and Calicot, with his compan-
Ions concurrence, questioned her. The
doctor was busy elsewhere there was
NO fear Of interruption. Miss Laport
got the packet Of hair that she knew to
DO Mrs. Hendricks, and Callcot with
curious interest, listened 10 the girl.
Then II was that she described the
scene In the Swiss cottage and read tho
telegram which Fenning had written
down with pencil from Mrs Hem
bricks lips. Calicot was puzzled. lie
had no means Of finding out where
this place was. Miss Endicott could
only describe what she saw. She had
no explanations to make, but II sud
denly dawned upon him that he had In
this young woman complete offset
TO Hendricks secret advantages Miss
Laport acknowledged to him, In corrob-
grafton Of what he had heard, TINT she
had refused to go away without her
father, and now that she had learned
OF the preparations to send her to Fen.
ming, she was visibly alarmed. Calicot
encouraged her by every means In his
power He pointed out to her how
great an advantage their discovery
gave them. She listened to him help
lessly; but they became confidential
confederates. lie cautioned her to say
nothing TO Stocking at present and got
her to use her woman's influence with
the girl To carry on the experiments
When he was alone the discovery
oiled him with all manner Of CON
lectures and alarms. II kept him
awake nil night In IN effort to make
correct deduction from tho informa-
tion furnished. The next day he
cautiously endeavored to test the truth
Of Miss Endicotts vision. lie met
Hendricks In the rotunda, and after o
polite salutation said: ut is impossible
for me to wander about in this place
and not hear the men occasionally dis
cussing your affairs. ! have Just heard
something that leads me to believe
that . war vessel Is watching the
bayou Ia that true?"
YES" replied Hendricks. "She ar
rived yesterday morning. Iexpected
her before"
He then walked away as II disin-
clined to talk further upon the SUBJ
)ect.
So this piece Of information was alb
solutely correct. Calicot saw that the
Affairs Of Hendricks and his men were
now too urgent to leave them much
time to think Of him and the women,
and he resolved to improve the oppor-
tunity with Miss Endicott. Miss La
port made the task an easy one, for she
brought Miss Endicott into her apart
ment, gave her an invalid chair and
admitted Callcot lie observed that the
girl did not suffer in her frances when
ME doctor was not present. She even
acknowledged that the doctor fright
ened and panied her, but volunteered
TO take the packet Of hair and tried to
do what Calicot desired. She closed
her eyes moment, gave way to little
tremor and then said. Eyes, there
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