Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-06-08

"YoU, MY DEAR SIR, ARE NY PRISONER. 5"
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.
''Pray be seated" said Hendricks.
"What we have to say need not disturb
the air OF tete-a-tcte," and he pulled,
as he advanced to the table, one of the
chair with him.
Calicot remained standing.
II beg that you viii be seated" said
Hendricks with politeness.
Calicot strodc TO the window and
pulled the curtain aside. He saw the
mounted men on the lawn. Then ho
dropped the curtain and came back tc
the table.
There Is a lady present" said Hen
bricks. "There is no necessity in our
interview for her retirement"
C4licot sat down. lie 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
ask OF you now. There are twenty
FIVE men guarding the house and suf
hcicnt force inside. You, my dear sir,
are my prisoner.
"You are certainly" said Calicot,
"the most extraordinary man | ever
met. n requires brains as wcu as au'
dacity 10 play Claude Duval succcss-
| fully on modern stage. II may be
necessary TO the ends OF justice rOr 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?"
at will help TO preserve your own
comfort and my good will, said Hem
driclss. III you viii try and understand
at the start that you have got To deal,
not with crime, but war. ! am not a
malcfactor, but rcvolutionist. So
ciety in month win have 10 treat
| with me under the conditions Of armed
conflict IL would be well If you could
advance your position and your Ian
guage TO that point without waiting
for events. ht present you are my
| prisoner. / intend 10 hold you. There
| ought TO be no good reason why your
captivity should be uncomfortable"
Calicot smiled. "You fight the in
cvitablc with sophistry," he said.
"Thcrc Is but one other means after
that. 70 il violence. do not accept
your argument and do not recognize
your authority, but / am deeply inter
estcd IN your hallucination."
Enough" replied Hendricks. MAY
| ask you to give up your arms?'
81 give you my word as Il gentleman
that / never carry any and am unarmeo
at this moment" said Calicot
"Thcn pardon me moment" said
| Hendricks. "You win have 10 ac
company me" lie went TO the dooi
and spoke TO one Of his men. liz
thought, as he turned to come back
that both Mrs. Hendricks and Calico
made n motion OF their bodies as i
they had leaned forward to speak tC
each other
"Will you accompany me, sir?' sait
Hendricks.
Certainly not voluntarily" replied
Calicot 81 am an officer Of the law
You are resisting the due process O
that law"
II regret exceedingly" said Hen
bricks, that you should insist upoI
| force"
THAT IN your responsibility--no'
mine" observed Calicot.
Hendricks called in two men. "Rc
move this gentleman to the shaft" h'
said.
The men stepped on either side o'
Calicot.
''Thst Is sutuciept," be said. 'Yot
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