Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-24

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week, and four hundred more were to be
sent out. This distribution was compare
lively easy so long as he had the use of a
| boat at the bayou and could distribute the
! men along the Mississippi. But, even with
| this advantage, there was great deal of
detail work. 1t was resolved to keep nu-
| cleus of a hundred men in the place, the
rest were repeatedly instructed as to their
| future duties, they left and scattered
| over the country. They took nothing away
but the clothes they brought with them.
! The greatest care was exercised in distrib-
uting them. Over a hundred and fifty went
| separately afoot to Memphis, and gave out
that they had been working on the levee at
! the bayou Nearly a hundred went across
country eastward into the mountains. 1t
was urgently necessary to get the remain
ing men out before the officers discovered
| the southwestern exit
1t took three days to accomplish this and
Y it soon became apparent that Fenning was
more FESTIVE than Hendricks.
The communications were kept I'D with
the sanitarium mainly at night on the
second night Hendricks asked what the
! situation was and the doctor replied:
| 'Calicot is a guest. He has taken rooms
in the north end for himself and the young
man whose name is Stocking. He has seen
| the mails delivered but they were fortu-
nately in the regular bag. He is walking
| now on the lawn with Mrs. Hendricks and
L take the opportunity 10 send down the
| letters and the most important rapers. It
is well to keep some of them here to make
| a show"
Ask him where Miss Laport is" said
| Fenning,
| 'She is on the balcony"
rs she alone?"
| mo. Stocking Is there"
What is she doing?"
she is in a rocker. Stocking is reading
| something to her"
Try and get her to the signal room
q n iS y~.arN
| Where is Miss Endicott?'
She is in her ROOM l can't get her out"
Has the marshal seen ber?"
Yes. He has been curious about her.
l can't get her down without making
| scene"
Cant you get the men away SO that
Mrs. Hendricks can communicate with
me?'
Il thought she did last night. 1 suggested
| it to her."
She did not. Tell her 1 want to hear
| from her"
Are your men all Off"
| Yes
| Late that night Mrs. Hendricks came to
the signal room and the following CONVEX
| sation took place.
What are you doing with the officers?"
| keeping them in good humor'
what have you learn do"
Not much. The principal il very
ad-oit man. BY some of his attempts to
draw me out unawares l fancy he has
| some evidence about the Corinthian af-
| fair"
ASK her." said Fennng, eli MISS I.aro-t
is trying to find out how much the other
| one knows"
Hendricks did not qsk that question.
| What he said was:
Miss Laport understand her
fathers danger?'
"Calicot asked me Yesterday was the
answer when she going away. She
had told Stocking she w.ts going away in
week or two"
ssSand bar dou-, here t.,;ch.
wishes to see her. Do Ii.ese officers sus-
pect the Bayou house,
Il don't think they Know of it. Their IN
preston appears 10 be hat YOU are away
and will come back uns IsDeciin3ly and fail
| into their arms on the front lawn"
Another day passed. Mss Laport had
not been heard from ar it .,as not till tie
the next night that the doctor ci.;ied Up
Hendricks.
II don't like the sitIltion here" he said.
| The ladies, if you "ill permit ME to soy it.
do not appear to be N Il hurry to get rid
of our guests. | feel as if were III the
way. Calicot is communicating in some
way with the authorities, 1 arr sure"
Hendricks stopped him. Come down"
ne SAID, Immediately. 1 can't talk to you
through this thing
1T is not safe to leave this rart of the
establishment to the women. You want A
man here. L heard Cali:ot walking through
:he upper hall last night v hen every be DIV
was asleep but my 3a;f / don't knew what
he was doing. asked hm this morring
what disturbed him, and he sal n. room
was cIose it was ike sic ao,rr in 5; cove
| This may have bech an accidental 9, eech
but | thought he sill it with I peculiar
significance.
Have you ever slept in cave
asked.
" No. he replied, looking ME in the eye.
Have you? ~
DO you know,I begin to suspect that this
man Is not an officer. Wait, l hear foot
steps overhead"
Hendricks waited some tIme and no fresh
signal coming he went 10 bed IT was
i2;''o lie slept soundy until o'clock
wnen he got up, washed himself and went
into Jennings apartment to wake t::1 and
was surprised to see him sitting I'D in a
rocker smoking pipe, in his shirt sleeves
aHalloo, he said. COUNT you Sleep"
NO, replied Fennins. IF dom GET
some sunshine L shall haze permanent in
somnia.''
Give me one of your cigars 7 have Or
deed Sam to have breakfast at Z Wen
get some coffee and go down TO The Ro,.o,,
| mouse and take dash out doors it will
do you good and l want to talk 10 you"
When he had lit his cigar he sat down
and said
fleming, you are the coolies Ian I've
got Let me have your bottom thought
I'm afraid of Mrs. Hendricks" said Fen
ning, and the idea of Icing sealed up here
makes me FESTIVE"
Thanks for your f-ankrcSs" rep;.cd
Hendricks. Dismiss the sdea OF treachcry
AS 70 the sealing up, it is impossible. Come
ana GET some strong coffee into you and
tnen we'll try to get some sunshine /
don t intend YOU shall be sealed up"
Half an hour later car was ready and
they got aboard to go to the western en-
trance The ride was a peculiarly ghostly
one at this hour. Here and there an in
candescent burner lit up the immediate
spaces and left great CULTS, black and fore
/ boding No one was astir, and it was a
/ half hours ride through gigantic shadows
/ and successive strata of odors that be-
/ tokened the stores and the stables. When
/ they arrived at the bayou shaft the sleepy
sentinel was just being relieved They
/ went to the signal room, and Hendricks in
quired If his telegram had been received
/ Aye. aye, sir" came a CHEEKY voice. as
| If from another world.
! Are the horses ready?'
I AYE. aye. sir
| The moment they stepped from the lift
| they smelt the oxygen and saw the sun
| light and Fennne. with Sudden elusive
ness. cried out: THANK God"
! He then noticed that Hendricks had his