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have a good clinker-built boat so that
he could keep his shoulder-blades linn
Der.
It is not known whether they guar.
relied on the way or not. But when in
the rotunda the captain wanted to
point out to him the chasm-one of
those bottomless pits which appear to
be feature of all great caverns, and
which the captain called the Devils
Gullet"-they were seen together in
tipsy discussion about twenty feet
from it's rim by two of the workmen,
and ten minutes later the captain was
seen alone.
Endicott was never seen again on
earth. Whether he was pushed over or
staggered over, Hendricks declared he
never knew. But a marked change
came over the captain after this. He
drank more than ever, and slept most
of his time away in an alcoholic stu
Dor, never coming into the daylight.
which he said blinded him.
A week after the catastrophe, about
seven o'clock in the evening, as Mr..
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CHAPTER ".


The reader must SO to Laran at the
beginning of the last half of the
second year of preparation and en-
deavor, not only to get a clear view OF
what had been done, but prepared to
view with astOnishrlent the still more
audacious projects of this man.
Laran was now a hidden hive OF
energy. The great sanltarium which
lifted it's rude but imposing proper
tons out of the wilderness and poured
an almost continuous stream OF black
smoke from its chimney stack, held a
varying population, some OF whom
were woman, and all of whom were
Hendricks agents. Sixteen miles
away was another large house, reached
on the surface by an almost impassa-
BILE and tortuous road of rocks, but
accessible to all the inmates of the
sanitarium in less than half an hour
by underground means and connected
by telephone and telegraph OF the lat
est and incest adjustment along the
same subterranean passages.
The shaft from the sanitarium to the
labyrinth beneath had been perfected
by the most consummate mechanical
skill of Laport, and it was hidden from
casual observation by the most cum
ming adjustment Of materials. That
end of the house which covered the de-
scent had cost Hendricks and Laport
more thought and ingenuity than all
else. The shaft had been enlarged
and fitted with an iron lift down to the
narrow passage that led from it to the
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The girl raised herself OF her elbow
and stared at the place and the people
until her eyes rested on Hendricks, and
then in a soft, clear voice, she said:
81 am Jack Endicott's daughter. 1
have come for Justice"
Then she broke down and sobbed
piteously.
Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks walked apart.
This is a revelation" said Hen
dric.zs. The woman is clairvoyant.
Novr know how Endicott got his in
fC.-;>lation. 1t is fortunate for US that
80 ':ave possession O. her. Treat her
se; :criv and ,se'll tc5. her power"
.,!c,. Hendricks G;i not understand
tlle fall significance of his words-but
the young woman was conveyed to a
comfortable room and all t.le resources
Of the blishne ut used to scothe and
reaSs,:re her. She remained. however,
taciturn msrl heart-b:olsc1 tor two
days. Al eiiorts to make Ter eat az
converse were of little avail. On the
third day. IT was reported that she was
dying Hendricks saw her III com
pany with Dr. Pellissier. who had first
called her somnambulist. This
cratic Frenchman, whose after ex-
ploits so inextricabiy confused genius
and madness, instantly pronounced it
a case of trance and was delighted be-
yond measure. Here the ease was LEFT
in his hands as other and more urgent
events We're demanding Hendricks at
tention.
But the doctor made discovery
which proved of great importance sub
sequently. One morning he found the
woman who was in { trance condition
clasping something IN her hand. 1t
proved to be small packet with
human hair in it. Two more of these
packets containing hair of other colors
were afterwards found in her bed by
Mrs. Hendricks.
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thing was all right-he could have all
the money he wanted, but he wished
him to stay longer. Damn itCyou're
the only man with the smell Of salt on
YOU that I've seen since I've been in
this subcellar." Then they re paired ia
the cabin, filed themselves with rum
and went to sleep spinning yarns.
At the end of q week EndicOtt In q
sober and sullen mood had an inter
view with Hendricks and demanded q
settlement. Hendricks treated him
with the utmost politeness and said
that while he was perfectly willing to
nav him to secure his silence, 1t was
necessary TO think of some way 1n
which the specie could be transferred
without exciting suspicion.
"You see, my dear sir" he SAID, I'm
only consulting our mutual safety.
wish you'd talk to she captain about
it. III do wi.a:e7er he advises. o. by
the way. got disratch from FenninG
this morning in which he says the
police are looking for You. If that is
the case. wouldn't be in a hurry to
leave this retreat"
En,iicott dix! not dispute the cor
Yectncss of this statement, as lien
bricks expected. Nor did any sub
sequent experiment OF this kind fur
nish any clev to his former knowledge
of the telegram.
He went back to the captain-they
filed up on rum and both OF them set
out to see the lake which was to be lit
for the FIST time and upon which the
captain bc:.sted that he was going to
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and Mrs. Hendricks, with two or tn ee
other persons, were sitting on the
western balcony Of the sanitarium. the
figure of woman suddenly appeared
against the dark masses of shrubbery
about forty feet from the house. She
seemed 20 have taken form at that
spot. Nobody saw her previous APP
proach, and her slender and graceful
figure was clad in some kind of light
material which caught all there was OF
the departing light aid made her look
exceedingly phanton-like. All the
personsin the balcony saw her at the
same moment. and one OF them uttered
little exclamation as if an apparition
had appeared.
She came toward the group in glid-
ing manner. but perfectly erect. and as
she got nearer they all saw that her
eyes were fixed on vacancy and that
she was extremely pallid- One of the
gentlemen exclaimed in French, LA
Somnambule," and Hendricks, who had
risen, leaned over the rail and spoke to
her. He unconsciously used the tone
Of one calling sleeper.
''Hallo, there" he cried
The woman. who was about twenty
feet away, raised one Of her long arms
and pointed at Hendricks It was q
phantom-like and significant action
The next moment she uttered an
audible moan and fell down upon the
grass
Hendricks jumped over the rail, ran
70 her, and with some difficulty picked
her up. She was carried upon the bal
cony limp and silent and laid npon q
settee where there was rug. and the
| group gathered around her in pity and
wonder. Her garments were soiled and
torn as If by contact with the bushes.
| But In spite Of her somewhat haggard
1Ace, she WAS sinGularly beautiful.
.sSome invalid Who has got astzay.
/ S2d .HIx.>uamdx3Glks Nth nif1-
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First published, September q, 1884, In the
GLOBE REPUBLICAN.

INTHE DISTRICT COURT OF FORD COUN-
1 TY, KANSAS State of Kansas to A. p.
Prince. Prince, the wife Of a. +. Prince
whose given name Is to the plaintiff I'M
known, Elizabeth Manley and - Maniey the
husband whose given name Is to the plaintih
unknown, Greeting:
YOu, and each OF you, will take notice that
you have been sued in the District Court Of
FORD county, in the state Of Kansas, in an
action in which J. H. Goddard is plaintiff,
and a. =. Prince, ct a.. are defendants. and
that you must answer the petition died by
the piai ntiff In said cause on or before the Sd
day Of November, 1894, or said petition will
be taken as true, and a Judgment rendered
accordingly in said action against you qui
eHing the title of the plaintiff in and to the
following described real estate In Ford c0un-
ty, Kansas, to- wit: Southwest quarter of sec
ton one, township twenty i've south, range
twenty four west of the 9Th p. NJ, also the
southeast quarter Of section twenty eight
south, range twenty three west of the eth
p. NJ, and for the exclusion of you and each
Of you from any interest. estate or lien in or
TO said premises or any part thereof and for
costs Of suit.
wHHKLKR 4 SWYfzBR. 81
Attest: Attorney for Plaintiff.
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arena. The circular steel cage which
fitted into the shaft could be turned
round from below, so that its iron
door that furnished an exit into the
passage would be on the opposite side
against solid wall of rock and the
passengers, if enemies, would have to
cut their way through n half inch OF
steel to get into the passage and, when
there, would have to walk through IN
single file at the mercy of anybody at
the lower exit, who could pick them
off in detail without any danger to
himself. The exit above was covered
with the hard floor of room whose
mobility was undetectable by anybody
who was not already aware OF the de-
vice. In addition to this. steel door
had been fitted to the end of the pas
sage below where it opened into the
vast work-room, because Hendricks
thought at times he heard in the room
above the sound of the engine and
dynamo.
A sense Of absolute security was
thus obtained when the inmates OF the
sanitarium went below. 1t was
physically impossible Tor 1orce OF any
caiculable kind to reach them In that
direction.
The next and obvious consideration
To which Hendricks had directed nus
whole energy was the provisioning o.
the retreat and the securing OF safe
and hidden exit far removed from the
sanitarium. In carrying ont the first o.
these precautions, he had managed
v;th eonsummate care, during period
~ eioht months, to load into the south
western entrance vast ssose % ma
terial. purchased at Cincinnati, LOUIS Us
vile, St Louis and Memphis, and oe
Nvered by boat ct the W.sn oeyou
where there was . storenouse ~
whence the goods were hau!ed 1os s1.
anparept 30 ofthe two agAee AQ'z's
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CHAPTER 4.

CHAPTER x.
The visit of Fenning and his mys,
FERROUS companion to Laran resulted
in way that neither he nor the visi-
tor could have predicted. Hendricks
met him in the most gentlemanly man.
ner, told him to make himself at home
in the hotel (for that was what the
sanitarium was frequently called;
gave him to understand that he would
have a talk with him and fix the mat
ter up satisfactorily when he found q
good opportunity. He even sent him
down into the workshops, and treated
him so Hospitality that the man was
outwit:ed at the start.
He had not been in the cave half an
hour when he encountered the captain,
who very seldom left it, but occupied
all his time in playing cribbage and
drinking rum. That parsonage greeted
him with a sailors cordiality and
swore that it did his blasted mole's
derground.
The captain evidently knew him, for
he called him Jack Endicott, as tough
and tight a forecastle man as ever ran
blockade or drank a pint of rum be-
tween watches.
Whatever else Eniicott may have
been he was not proof against the
temptation of good liquor and an ire
sponsible life and he never before en-
countered liquor quite so good as the
captains, whose well-stoclSed buffet in
his cabin made q seaman's eyes gloat.
Whether it was part of Hendricks
scheme to disarm Endicott in this way,
is not positively known. Eut he had
told Fenning before that gentleman
left Laran that he could safely leave
the man with him.
81 want" he Aid. Ito know how he
read that telegram"
Four days passed and Endicott had
only seen Hendricks among the men at
work upon the furnace aud ole0trical
works, but the captain told him every
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A LAS CONTEST NOTICE-TIMBER CUL-
"A TURE.-BefOrc the Intel States Land OF

LAS CONTEST NOTICE-TIMBER CUL-
"A TURE.-BefOre the United States Land Of
fee at Dodge City, Kansas. July 18th, 1891.
An amended complaint having been entered
at this office pursuant to the official letters of
the Honorable Commissioner of the Genera!
Land Office of the United States Of America and
of the Honorable Secretary Of the Interior there,
of in regard to the matters hereinafter referred
to; said amended complaint so entered being by
Zachary L. Wingfeld against the heirs OF John
n. Hanson. deceased for failure to comply with
law to Timber Culture Entry No. BIZ, made
at Larned, Kansas. and dated March 18th, 1879,
township twenty seven (27) south. of range TWEEN
ty-siX t26l west in Ford county: Kansas, with
view to the cancellation of said entry; contest
ant alleging that neither said Hanson in his life
time nor his heirs since his death or any person
for them or either of them have complied with
the timber culture laws in respect to said entry
since the year 1887; that in fact they ana
each of them have failed to cultivate said Land
or any part thereof or caused the same to be done
since the year 1887; that said land has been Who'll,
pre.entatives if they ever had any the probate
records of said county do not show any admins
traitor executor or will existing OF sald de-
cedent;) that what trees are upon sait tract are
being wasted md destroyed: that there Is not
now and never has been the required number OF
trees planted and cultivated said tract as re-
| quired by law nor the required number OF acres
broken cultivated thereon; that each ana CIV,
cry one of said defaults exist at this time, and
that they existed On, since and prior to Decela-
Der =, 1891 , and continuously from thence to the
present time as alleged above. The said heirs
Of John y. Hanson, deceased those names and
whereabouts are unknown, are hereby summon
ell to appear at this Office on the 2lst day OF
respond and furnish testimony eopcernins said
alleged failure. JNO. |. LEE. Register.
GEO. Z. CRlST. Receiver.
| MILTON Brown. Attorney for Plaintiff.
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I'm done with the woman"
sYou don't know where either Mr..
mr. Mrs. Hendricks is at this moment"
Eyes, Go. Hendricks is under
ground. He is building an under
ground railroad"
Fenning was surprised, but he
merely smiled ''What is it?" he
asked.
"It's 1T the other end of your mail,
replied his companion
Correct" said Fenning. "Now,
then. what do you want to do?"
81 want you to write to him and say
I'm ND to the whole thing-have looked
at his underground job at both ends
and want him to meet me there"
.Your game is blackmail How
much?"
..Well, it's worth ten thous;.-.'!
dollars or more to the government or
the steamship company. seeing that
! two-thiras of the plumber is untouched.
It ought to be worth twenty-five thou
sand to Hendricks to keep both ends
| of his burrow a secret"
'Then why don't you go to him."
mo, sir"
! sThen write your letter and / will
! forward it."
'.No, SIR
! "Thcn what the devil do you want t.
I do? Hendricks may be in the east.
] mo, he isn't. You sent him a mes
sage Yesterday morning. This is what
it said: Two hundred rifles shipped
at St. Louis, Barrels aAd stocks in
different boxes"
Fenning was now amazed. He was
at a loss for moment what course to
pursue. How could the man know all
that? Mrs. Hendricks had seen hin
on the boat coming from st. Louis al
the time the dispatch was sent.
He saw that it was eXpedient te
adopt a new course with his visitor
whose ferret eyes were watching hin
unperturbed.
Look here, my friend; we might a:
well be frank with each other. AS
Stunning that you are not a nonomania'
and that all you say is true, Hendricks
would naturally accept your PROPOSE
ton if he had any sort of reason to be
lieve that you would keep your wort
on the payment of the money. Assam
ing, l say, that you don't turn out to b.
crank, how can it all be arranged ii
is to Hendricks interest to meet you?
''He must come here"
"You are not reasonable. 1t he
the man who robbed the steamship, h
has too much at stake to take tina
risk. Why not go to him? SHOULD
like to see the thing out. I'll go wit
YOU. I'll wire him and ask him i he'll
meet you and have IL talk"
Fenning was still more astonishe
, the same afternoon when the man re
turned to hcG. him say: ''T,.' was
risky piece of business sending tina
woman off in a box. She was hal
dead when they took her out unde
that catalpa tree"
: There WAS no possible reply to MAX
to this. 1t was inco1nprehensible t
Fenning, and he had that kind {
, misgiving that an inscrrtGble myster
creates.
Il have received two dispatche
. from Hendricks. He says that l am
, bring you on and talk the matte
= over"
/ "What did the third one say?'
"There wasn't any third one"
, eyes, there was. It said get hi1
;; here at all COST"
> "Well, it costs something to get 20
there. Will you go?"
, ''Yes, will. I never was in plac
1 where I couldn't take care of myse
and it won't be to his interest to max
, way with ne"
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STATE OF KANSAS,
ICE OF SECREr.RY OE STATE. IS.

OFFICE OF SECRETsRY OF STATE,
i, r. 5. Osborne, secretary OF state of the
state of Kansas, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is II true and correct copy of the
original enrolled resolution now on file in
my Office and that the same took effect by
publication in the statute book May Is.
1893.
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have hereuntO
subscribed my name and affixed my official
seal.
.NN Done Mt Topeka. Kansas, this 25th
SPrW day of July, A. ID. 1894.
~ X. 5. OSBORN, Necrstdry Of STATE.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO The
CONSTITUTION.
Substitute for Senate Joint Resolutions
Nos. and :.

Substitute for Senate Joint Resolutions
Nos. I and :.
Be it resoired by the lgisla:sre OFT state Of KAN
sas- s,ro- thirds Of the members elected to each
house thereof, eoncHrring fhereis.
SECTION 1. The following proposition to
sas is hereby submitted to the qualified
electors of the state for their approval, or
rejection, namely: That section one, article
sas be amended 80 that the same shall read
as follows: "Section l. Every person of the
age of 81 years and upwards belonging to
the following classes, who shall have resided
in Kansas six months next preceding any
election, and in the township or ward in
which she or he offers to vote, at least 30
days next preceding such election shall be
deemed a qualified electOr. lst: citizens Of
the United States. I'd: persons OF foreign
birth who have declared their intentions to
formable to the laws OF the United States on
the subject of Naturalization
SEcTIONs. This proposition shall be sub
mitted to the electors of this state at the
general election of the representatives to
the legislature in the year eighteen hundred
and ninety four, for their approval, or re-
lection; those voting in favor OF this propo-
sitiOn shall have written or printed on their
ballots ''For the suffrage amendment to the
constitution" those voting against the said
proposition shall have written or printed on
! their ballots against the suffrage amend
ment to the constitutions" said ballots shall
be received and such vote taken, counted,
canvasSed and returns made thereof in the
same manner and in all T. spectS as provided
for by law as in the case OF the election of
representatives to the legislature.
| SECTION ). This resolution shall take eff
feet and be in force rom and after its publ
cation in the statute book.
thereby certify that the above resolution
originated i'll the senate january 10, 1898,
and passed that body February :. 1879.
PERCY DANIELS, President Of Senate.
W. l.. BROWN, Secretary Of Senate.
Passed the HOuSe March lS.E
GEO. L. DOUGLASS. Speaker Of House.
FRANK l.. BROWN, Chief CLERK Of House.
Approved March &, 1898. $50 T. NJ.
l.. u. LEwELLING, Governor.
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First published Septcmber2l, 1894.
ORDER OF SALE.

kHNS;tS, OOUHty,
james \. Fellows,
vs..
Gertrude Warren, formerly Gertrude Drake
BY virtue of IN order of sale to me directed
and delivered, issued out of the 9th judicial
district court of the state of Kansas, sitting
i'm and for Ford county. in said state, l will,
on Monday, October I'D, y. ID. 1884, ut
O'Clock p. m, of said day, ut the west 'front.'
door OF the court house, in the city of Dodge
City, in the county snd state aforesaid, offer
at public sale and sell to the highest bidder
for cash in hand the following described real
property, to- wit: Lot or block thirteen (l3)
OF Evans addition to Dodge City, Ford coun-
ty, Kansas.
Said property to be sold as commanded by
the said order OF sale.
e.. NJ. BEESON, sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Dodge City, Kansas, Aug. 10.
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FoR SAIE-Or vim tralle for cows, Lot
No. I. Hook e. Addssss III once.
The advocate., 1894-07-25
To Tax Immigrantg,

WASHINGTON, July 21.-Rspresentstive
MeiklejOhn, speaking in regard to his
bill providing for a tax of 800 on each
alien immigrant, said to-day: "When
che population Of this nation increases
more than 4 million Of foreign immi-
grants annually, the limitation Of foreign
immigration has become q question'oe
national Importance.
1--WE have developed our natural re.
sources and sustained the standard of
American wages through the levying Of
duty on manufactures Of foreign
labor.
"Wages are subject to the law Of sup
ply and demand; wage earnsrs are Ss
much interested In preserving our field
Of labor for the American wage worksr
as the protection Of the products OF his
labor from foreign competition, and the
incompatible scale OF wages in this na.
tion for our wage eRrners, in my iudg-
ment, can only be maintained By extend
ing the same bene6oent policy TO the
OF foreign lAborefs."
The advocate., 1894-07-25

tell me thstlthere is nothing wrongY Do
they tell me that there is nobody out Of
employment; that there is nobody upon
the verge OF starvation; that the republic
is not in danRer2 Yet this is all you offer.
We, however, come forward with SUBJ
stantial propositions for the senate and
the country to discuss.
First, that all public functions be ex-
erCised by public agents and then you
will have no occasion to use the army
to suppress riots. Then there will be
no strikes. Do justice to the working
man Rs well as to his employers. Let
every man who employees a large num-
Der OF men understand that he has in
his care and his keeping the inaliensble
rights Of men vino are just as good as
no is. You say just as the Pullman
company say, "Shall not these men be
permitted to manage their own business
in their own wsYg"
] say, Mr.. President, it depends. It
depends upon what they are doing and
how they are doing 1T. One man alone
trsnsacting little business of his own
wants to employ another man. Those
two are equal. They can contract face
to face, one with the other, as q man
speaksth unto his friend. But where is
Pullman, where is Carnegie, where is
the president or proper officer Of q rail.
road company or Of any great banking
institution when one Of the employees
has grievance which he wishes to pre-
sent? Who will hear him, who will
answer his question? There is always
an official directory of every corporation,
but that official directory is not willing,
nine cases out Of ten, to hear the official
directory OF the men who do their work.
The other day Rsenstor said-L do not
now recall who it was, or perhaps it was
IN newspaper that l saw it-thRt there
were more stockholders in one Of these
great corporations than there are men
employed. So much the Worse,lt that be
true. He went on still further to argue
that the stockholders are poor people.
Still worse. II they are poor people,
they have earded their savings as those
men who are complaining have earned
theirs. But these little stockholders
have no more influence upon the man
sgement Of the company than the man
In the moon has influence upon the leg
islation of the senate Of the United
States. They have none at all.
Now, what / ask is that the resolu-
tionH may be printed and lie on the
table, so that senators, one by one, az
they desire, may call them up and speak
to them. I ask, appeal to senators, 1
beseech senator's to pay some attention
to the resolutions, and in conservative,
statesmRnlike way throw out to the
people some intimstion that this great
body will not turn its back upon them.