St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-02-23

but there is simmer Id The afr above
the big chimney which tells of great
volume of heat pouring into the blue
sky. There are servants about the
kitchen and there are two Royal Dane
mastidfs with their heads on their
paws asleep on the steps of the main
i entrance.
/ There Is not tho slightest Indication
In this quiet hostclry hidden among the
trees and rocks Of the great slope on
! which IL stands of the activity under
meath its foundations.
/ The moment Ne arrive In the lower
domain, we find the place lighted as if
| with the light of day; the hum OF ma
2cllinery and 1laofilu of voices reach
MS. Tho svhale arca Is encircIcd with
~oodcn structuress offices, warerooms
| and habitations. somo OF them tastily,
though Ginsily, built. In the center
! ! Of the areaiss pavilion md overhead
| lis q big electric sunlight. On one of
tho walls is the terminus of Laport's
railway, with its suggestion OF o little
station and iron steps reaching down
to the stone flooring and heavy crane
passage has been dug out evidently by
using the coal But it Is when we
come to the rotunda that we shall be
hstonished. This magnificent natural
temple Is brilliantly lit and o regiment
of mcn Is being drilled on It's cleared
and almost smooth stone flooring The
Devils Gtillet is fenced iii by an iron
railfor one morning Miss Endicott
was caught walking on its brink and
looking over WITH horror pictured on
her face. She was rescued and Hen
bricks ordered the place rallied in.
From the nnpainted railway station
which here is twenty-eight feet above
the solid level, Hendricks and three
men arc watching the evolutions of
the regiment which are in some re-
spects wholly unlike anything ever
before seen In military tactics.
The vast spaces beyond tho rotunda
and qiiita zip to the lake itself are
packed high with stores. II looks like
d series of endless warerooff1s or mon
stfotus depots and smells heavily like
one of those streets where all the com
modities of man obtrude themselves
upon the sidewalks and impede travel
II we penetrate to the hog back area
we shall find that in its passages are
stables and that there ilre not only
horses but milch cows there and that
the great chasm in the south wall has
been converted into magazine and
has heavy wooden doors across its en-
traINe. The mouth of this chasrn, it
will be noticed, owing to q turn in the
wall, faces directly north. The benches
of the Laport railway ars only two
feet above the tops of the wooden
doors.
Vague rumors were in the air about |
the Tennessee sanitarium. The secret
service of the government Was III pos
session Of the facts Mh hich SGT, th he.,.s
sUiircn1ng Tor the rnfln KNOWN Us Jiie |
captain and they had trnccd him to the
Vast quantities Of gold
had been paid ont for goods sent to
Laran. One fact elected another. But
inquiries failed to identify Hendricks
with the description given OF Kent as
he appeared on the San Pedro and the
Memphis bank said that he had gold I
on deposit there prior to the robbery
Of the Corinthian. Tho moment this
sort of inquiry got into the papers,
fncts were elected that could lead TO
but enc conclusion in the end and
events began TO point significantly
toward LaraII.
FRO BE CoNTINuED.i