St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-05-04

the torch are the signals for the grand
movement of our scattered forces to the
two centers, and at the same time
appear in the field with trained army
and invite the people to save them
selves by coming to the peoples ban
ner. There is no doubt in your minds
of the accomplishment of this. You
hold the signal. Garvoux, for the
work in Washington. / believe you
have made failure impossible if you
get back there"
aMy part of the work is certain, .
said Garvoux. .'I hare four agents in
the white house"
And ~ said q white-haired man,
with yehemenee, will have one hum
dred thousand men i1 Chicago, needing
only a leader Every available force
of the government will be in Ten
nessee.
And will be ii chicago on the
night Of that day virtually dictator, .
said Hendricks. ST youhave paralyzed
the executive aim at Washington. Gens
IL you IISbfG lAGLC tS~itlks1I pre-
pared to carry out our work we are
masters of the situation in four days. =
Calicot leaned a moment against the
wall of the corridor. He appeared to
be faint. Then. as if making desper-
ate effort, he thrust the pad into his
pocket, and, turning, felt his way
along the passage and came out into
H. u /. ,s,,7 al
around. The railway platform was
two hundred feet away, and a car was
ready to start with number of men.
He ran across the open space, hailed
the guard, ran up to the train and
climbed aboard. Il mig1itas well travel
as do anything else tolsi1l time, he said
to the guard, The man looked at him.
fare you sick2" he asked. "Yes, res
piled Calicot. 1.-THE ride viii do me
good. Let me off at the rotunda. I
want to get a drink
Once there he slipped Off in the shad-
ows, and the car went off. In five Inin=
utes 1t backed up and Ca1ieot got on
again. Are you going straight baek?''
he asked. Yes replied the man, last
trip but one. wait for the cover
nors. Some of them are going to the
bayou tonight"
It could not have been more than ten
minutes when Calieot was back at his
quarters, and had resumed his place in
the corridor, and was listening.
The consultation was still going on.
Hendricks was speaking.
You have seen,n he said, how
every event has justified my plans. Let
us have no mistake now and we are
masters of the situation. This is the
stage of anarchy. We go through it
to victory. have, think, calculated
for every contingency"
At that moment Calicot pushed the
door open and stood white but calm
before the assembled group.
nYoa have overlooked one factor
he said, liberately "
The astonished circle started into at
titudes of alarm. Hendricks and Fem
ming alone preserved their coolness.
My prisoner, said the former.
"You were listening
"Yes, . replied Ca1icot, 1T is my duty
to tell you that in your plans you for
got one important element"
They looked at him with suspicion
of danger in their faces. He appeared
in his almost CHASTITY calmness to be
some kind of incalculable force.
What do you mean2n asked Hen.
bricks.
Calicot put his hand upon his breast
and bowed slightly. .sYou forgot me, 2
he said, and your work comes to
naught. It was just like you to I'M
derestimate the qualities that would
destroy you. / have never heard that
in your diabolism there was any pro-
vision for self-sacrifce. Fortunately
in my scheme there was. In three
minutes we shall all die together.
In the confusion that followed Hem
bricks shouted: BE calm; the man has
been crazed by his confinement
mo" said Calicot, II am neither
crazy nor desperate. I have lit the
slow match to your magazine. The
explosion will kill every human being
in the Laran. You will be found
here with your secrets divulged. ]
have saved the country. Providence,
which is on the side of history, sent
me to you, and you accepted the in.
strument of your own destruction. J.