St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-03-09

adroit1y when tried ID find out how
he knew 1t. This viii show you that
If he stays here 1t is only a question of
time when he discovers our means Of
intercourse and how necessary Ii Is
that should sparing1y MSS 1T. Fosa
know me too well to think for D mo-
mert that am supersti tious Of visfon=
airy, but this cool, plausible, mysterious
man somehow stands Id my instructive
feelings for the slow. inevitable. dis
passionate, solidarity Of man that we
have raised onr hands against. i have
exhausted all my Womanss ingenuity
III trying to discover the weak spot III
his nature. He has, 50 far, baffied me.
II cannot tell IL he has weak spot or
is only the cleverest man ever met In
hiding ii. 1t would BIO d supreme tri-
uuph TO outwit such d represent ntative
agent intellectually. Ii cannot be done
In your way. Yeil must handle events.
Leave me 10 deal with motives III
any case, trust me-
The result Of this was just what we
might expect In man of Hendricks
unplastic will and aggressive nature.
He was not convinced. He did not
like the woman's weak admission OF
something august and invincible In
the social order. He saw nothing in
the statements and arguments that
might not be put forward as part of a
subtitle scheme to gain time and 10
keep him heIplessly out OF the way till
her own security was attained. he
did not however confer with his asse:
ciates, but went to the Office and
plunged into a deep consultation with
the general and Fenning upon the
topography of the country around ST.
Mary's. They had county and town
ship maps with every road and house
marked upon them and they were en-
crossed In the details OF military
campaign. But that morning the
doctor had said that there were six ot
the men who had demanded to be lei
out for d few hours. They Iad
pledged themselves to keep away from
the roads and merely go Into the bush
10 hunt squirrels and would be back at
night. The doctor ndvised their fe.
lease for time and as they were men
in whom the general had every con.
fidence, the permission was given with
a warning.
These six men went Immediately
north. hung about the grounds Of the
Laran house, encountered the two
deputies who were in the woods and
killed them. They then returned at
night feeling assured shat they had re.
moved the obstacles TO their liberty.
Hendricks heard Of Ii first from Mrs.
Hendricks:
The two deputies z she said, .thave
been killed at the edge Of the blue.
grass opening on the Smoky Hill
stretch. They were killed By your men
yesterday afternoon Calicot sent their
bodies on to Clinton In a wagon, and
Lieut.. Stocking has gone with them
They had not been gone an hour ssher
four mounted men arrived to take thei,
place. I saw them from my chamber
window. It had peculiar effect upon
me. They seemed TO be the advance
guard Of the race. Calicot Is as suaye
and unconcerned as ever We ate
breakfast together. I expressed the
greatest amount OF concern and
womanly horror at the deed. He
merely remarked that It was an Incl
dent calculable and OF small weight il
estimating ultimate results. "a mers
slxirmish.' Then he changed the con
versation to q triding subject. Weshal
now have six men instead of four
Something tells me that If you succeed
in getting rid of these men, twelve mort
will take their place. It's like fighting
an inca1cnlable machine
Hendricks plans were decided upoI
in five minutes after this communica
ton. He called in the general and ez
planned the situation to him. ..sFt
must take this bull by the horns. piel
twenty five Of the best men; stock then
with the best horses we have got. The.
are to be timed to arrive at the Laral
house at nine-thirty tomorrow morn
ing. Have twenty-five more men a
this shaft. There is no telling Wha
Stocking will bring back with him.
will 70 mp and meet Calicot at tina
hour. don't want him killed. w
must make him our prisoner, As 70
the rest, let them take the chances
shall probably hear from Mrs. Hen
bricks tonight, but shall not tell he
Of my plan. We cannot use Fenning
for he must go to ST. Mary's. Hav
| you got the stuff off offff22''
Yes said the general, tho las
boxes went last night. 2