Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-07-05

leaned comfortably back In his chair
with the evident purpose of leisurely
conversation, but they betrayed Q kind
of blank uncertainty
sShe came from the hotel directly
here last night?"
.She did," replied Fenning. II ed
lmire her smartness In getting rid Of q
nuisance"
And you know where she tsp
eyes, sir, / do, bat you must not en-
pect me to point her out TO you before
l understand the object of your annoy.
ance. If you will give me one good
and sufficient reason why you should
follow her, I'll tell you where she is"
"I guess I know" said the other;
''she is on her way to Hendricks before
this"
$50. you're not an officer. VIII you
be kind enough to tell me what you
are and what you want?-
"How do you know I'm not an
ofhcer?'
because II you were, the woman
you are in search of couldn't get out
of this city without your knowing it.;
that is, il you understood your bust
ness. There ha0 no boat left for
up river since last night, and You
would have been at the trains as they
left. don't pretend to know you, but
1 notice you do not wear the red neck
tie that you sported in New York."
The men looked each other in the
eyes. Fenning was the most SELF
possessed-the other the most stolid.
His black eyes had a flicker In them
that might mean weak establishment
or 1t might contempt.
"And I notice." he said, THAT you
don't wear the same hair and the same
clothes that you wore when we
boarded the ~Corinthian."
Jennings self-possession was here
tested to the utmost. II don't know
what you're talking about" he said.
Were you one of the men that robbed
the steamship Corinthian?" and he
pushed his chair back q little with the
impulse of o sudden horror ut such
close contact.
Eyes, you and I had a hand In 1t,
but Hendricks got the syvag."
fleming regarded the man with un-
disguised establishment .Did Mrs.
Hendricks have q hand In 1t, tooT
"See hore." said the man, there
amt a bit of use In this kind of fenc-
ing. / was q witness of the first Job.
The woman's been singing gold ever
since, while Hendricks Is carrying on
his underground works."
"Yes?' said Fenning, as ifeoaxing a
crazy man to tell moro.
"And You run the Office In town.
| That's where the woman is now
underground
This was an admission that be did
not know where the Laran cave was
and Fenning was anxious to find out
just how much he did know.
"You are right" he said. ''She Is
safe by this time. I've got q tunnel
that runs from this Office to the under
ground place, but tell me about the
steamship. I have forgotten exactly
how we managed It,"
You're q steady one" said his
companion, but It's no use-you was
there"
81 acknowledge it," said Fenning
1.-THE only trouble Is I never can con
vince the fifty other people who knew
l was here at the time that it's 30
Now 1 dare say, goa will not have thai
difficulty. You haven't told me ye'
"hd JOA WCAO CIChtAAhS aIpOA hAo
Hendricks for. Was she there?"
81 followed her to find Hendricks
40, then you don't know where h
is?'>
ST didn't then, but when 1 find hi
headquarters here and his mate here
I'm done with the woman"
"You don't know where either Mr.
or Mrs. Hendricks is at this moment.
"Yes, l do. Hendricks is under
ground. He is building IN under
ground railroad"
Fenning was surprised, but b,
merely smiled. "What is itT' b
asked.
Its at the other end of your mail,
replied his companion.
Correct" said Fenning. Now
then, what do you want to dor
81 want you to write to him and sa
I'm up to the whole thing-have locke
at his underground Job at both end
and want him to meet me there"
Your game Is blackmail. uo,
much?"
well, it's worth ten thousan
dollars or more to the government G
the steamship company, seeing tina
~two-thirds of the plumber is untouched
1t ought to be worth twenty-five thou
sand to Hendricks to keep both end
. of his burrow q secret"
"Then why don't you go to him9'
mo, sir"
, "Then write your letter and 1 vii
forward tt"
mo, sir"
!. "Then what the devil do you want t
do? Hendricks may be In the east"
> mo, he isn't. You sent him a mes
sage yesterday morning. This Is wha
! 1t said: Two hundred rifles shippe
, at st. Louis, Barrels and stocks /
| different boxes"
fleming vas now amazed. lie wa
i. at a loss for a moment what course t
pursue. How could the man now a
, that? Mrs. Hendricks had seen hi1
: on the boat coming from st. Louis
the time the dispatch was sent.
, He saw that it was ~expedient
, adopt a new course with his visite
whose ferret eyes were watching hi
!, unperturbed.
Look here, my friend; we might 6
well be frank with each other. A
. Stunning that You are not a monomania
. and that all you say is true. Hendrfcl
9 would naturally accept your propos
ton if he had any sort of a to b