The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-11-02

Of our secret is discovered
by the government How much, do
not know. Watch the papers A
United States gunboat anchored in the
river this a. M, opposite the bayou; .
strong force has been ashore. The
is that this is one feature
of general movement and other forces
are concentrated. 1t is therefore fool
hardy to send Miss Franklin at this
time"
1t was Mrs Hendricks custom to read
off these messages to Fenning while
she was at the instrument and he
wrote them down with . pencil in
order to be supe Of their meaning,
burning them Immediately afterward-
They never suspected or ever knew
that they were read by somebody else.
But they were, and it is that curious
fact which enables us to follow the
details of his operations
In the interval between the collision
with Gen. Luscomb and the departure |
from Laran Of Mrs. Hendricks and
Fenning, Calicot had had ample OPP
portunity to cultivate the acquaintance |
of Miss Laport, whom he knew only as |
Miss Franklin, and as the two young |
women in the place were thrown much
together, he saw good deal OF Miss
Endicott. The doctor, who had found
him well-read man, had become quite
attached to him and had told him
great deal about Miss Endicott's pc
| culiar temperament and condition.
| The young woman herself enjoyed
Calicot's society, and he and Miss La
port spent most of their evenings visit
ing her On one of these occasions
she had lapsed into her trance condi-
ton and the doctor was not present.
| Something that was learned from her
lips made Miss Laport and Calicot con-
suit long and carefully. The very next
night when they were alone with her,
she again passed into an abnormal
state, and Calicot, with his compan-
ions concurrence, questioned her. The
doctor was busy elsewhere; there was
no fear of interruption. Miss Laport
got the packet Of hair that she knew to
be Mrs. Hendricks, and Calicot, with
curious interest, listened to the girl.
Then it was that she described the
, scene in the Swiss cottage and read the
telegram which Fenning had written
, down with a pencil from Mrs. Hen
; bricks lips. Calicot was puzzled. He
, had no means of finding out where
: this place was. Miss Endicott could
only describe what she saw. She had
: no explanations to make, but it sud-
l denly dawned upon him that he had in
2 this young woman a complete offset
D to Hendricks secret advantages. Miss
e Laport acknowledged to him, in corrob-
1 Grafton of what he had heard. that she
/ had refused to go away without her
. father, and now that she had learned
t of the preparations to send her to Fen
o ming, she was visibly alarmed. Calicot
q encouraged her by every means in his
power. He pointed out to her how
great an advantage their discovery
gave them. She listened to him help
= lessly; but they became conidentia
q. confederates. He cautioned her to say
- nothing to Stocking at present and go
her to use her woman's influence will
. the girl to carry on the experiments.
When he was alone the discovery
'. filed him with all manner of con
lectures and alarms. 1t kept hin
awake all night in an effort to make
Il correct deduction from the informa
- cautiously endeavored to test the trutl
n of Miss Endicott's vision. He me
:. Hendricks in the rotunda, and after
polite salutation said: sit is impossih
)" for me to wander about in this plac
and not hear the men occasionally dis
cussing your affairs. have just hear
.e something that leads me to believ
~ that a war vessel is watching tn
:, bayou. Is that true?"
M EYES," replied Hendricks. "She a,
-, rived yesterday morning. expecte
"a her before"
~ He then walked away as if disir
Is clined to talk further upon the sui
q ject.
is So this piece of information was al
OF solutely correct. Calicot saw that tn
ee affairs of Hendricks and his men wer
ce now too urgent to leave them muc
in time to think of him and the womel
IN and he resolved to improve the oppo
US tunity with Miss Endicott. Miss L,
Mt port made the task an easy one, for sh
he brought Miss Endicott into her apar
ne ment, gave her an invalid chair an
to admitted Calicot. He observed that til
to girl did not suffer in her frances whe
nd the doctor was not present. She eve
he acknowledged that the doctor frigh
ened and panied her, but volunteers
n to take the packet of hair and tried
Dir do what Calicot desired. She close
le- her eyes moment, gave way to lit
ii, tremor and then said: "Yes, the
tn they are. He is reading the papers
er- her" Calicot very soon discovert
tn that she could not repeat what 81
he heard, if, indeed, she heard anythiI
lrt at all. Whatever her special gift
oh were they appeared to be confined
an vision. She could read the title al
Ill. the type of the paper in Fenninf
ter hands and she saw his lips move. I
ost was undoubtedly reading to MI
~ Hendricks, and she was summarize,
err the intelligence in dispatches
to Hendricks. 1t was not difficult
ow direct the girls mind to the news
he front of Fenning, and she read it (
it with her body bent forward as
my straining to perceive an indistir
ew object and speaking slowly like a chi
:" coming lesson.
sh- What was Calicot's establishment
he hear her, in this manner, convey t
ion import of the matter before her stran
led vision.
ro- He learned that the success of t
val authorities in tracking the source