Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1894-08-09
CHAPTER XXI.

One night not long after this Ca1icot
woke lieut.. Stocking up about twelve
o'clock rather urgently. "Listen," he
said.
His friend sat up on his cot and re-
marked that Calicot looked very white
in the dim light The harsh hum Of
many voices reached him in a confused
and disagreeable way, intermingled
with occasional shouts of command
ind the tread Of feet and accompanied
by the loud drone Of the machinery.
'What is it?' he asked.
Hendricks is sending up oil his
forces 1t has been going on now for
I'VE hours Get up and dress yourself;
the women are frightened. / think q
battle Is going on overhead or is i'm
pending"
Stocking then got up and the two
men went into the adjacent quarters,
where they found Miss Endicott with q
shawl around her head and Miss La
port rubbing her hands Both of the
women were very much alarmed, as in
deed they we'll might be with all that
bideous din going on In the arena.
Calicot then explained to them as calm
II rs he could that the armed forces
were being sent up as fast as the lift
could carry them. tThere Is" he said,
50 struggle about to take place. Let
Is preserve our wits 50 that we can use
to the best advantage the only means
we have Of obtaining information"
Miss Endicott, In spite of her trepi-
dalton, appeared to understand the sit
uation, and when Calicot asked her If
she could put herself e rapport with
Mrs. Hendricks, she answered prompt
~: Yes 1t requires nc effort what
ever now" She merely closed her eyes
o moment as II collecting herself and
then said: "She is packing her trunk
she Is attired In o riding habit; there
are four men with her; they look as II
they had been travelling; now she goes
to the instrument; she Is reading It's
message to the men. ] cannot hear
what she says. They are all listening
to her eagerly. They are disputing;
the man who was with her before
writes something end reads It to them;
the woman shakes her head: she does
not approve Of it Yes, I can read 1t.
I'VE start at three o'clock. Miss Frank
lin must come back with Mrs H."
Here Miss Laport made al e~jacula-
ton. II am lost. she said. They
are coming to take me-.
Lieut.. Stocking ground his teeth in
an impulse of helpless indignation.
Calicot held his hand up deprecat-
ingly; Miss Endicott went on: 'She
has gone to the telegraph; the man Is
waiting for her with a paper and PEN
Gil In his hand"
The man." Calicot explained to
Stocking, 'is Fenning. He will write
down the dispatch that comes from
Hendricks. LISTEN
"She is speaking" said Miss Endi-
colt. He is writing; they are all
listening"
Eyes, yes" said Calicot. "you must
read the writing"
Don't move until you get order.
from me. Bloody work here before
morning"
What does that mean9" askei
Stocking.
cit is Hendricks dispatch. He doe.
not want them to start for the LaraI
until he has driven off the forces tina
are here. 1t Is plain enough. We a
least have gained time by the arrange
ment and must profit by it.
Glow are we to profit by it9" asked
Stocking.
IdIicOV nelo up MS manu- as d warn
Ing not to interrupt Miss Endicott-
"They are gone" said that young
woman; 'it is dark
'"They have gone,".said Ca1icot, st.
the telegraph station"
But. oh DEAR" exclaimed Miss La
port, .how Is all this to our advan
tage9s
Eyes, said Stocking. That's wha
we want you tell u.s."
Calicot addressed himself to Mis-
Laport
aHendricks." he said. will b
flushed with victory. se~lf-confidence
and more likely to grant any reqnes
you make of him. If your father wer
to ask him now to let him take 70,
away, pending these dreadful scenes
he would probably consent. I believ
he would let the lieutenant go wit
him if he gave his word to return"
(which i never would do" sal
Stocking.
nYes, you would. said Calicot, 81
Miss Franklin and ] insisted upon II
anditwere to our advantage. He has a