St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1895-04-13

/ ports assistance. But that young
woman refused to leave Laran volun
tarily. Fenning suspected the Ia
huence of Stocking. Mrs. Hendricks
was sure Of it. Preparations were thar
made at Jennings suggestion to send
her at night under a strong guard te
meet him somewhere Oh the route
when they were interfered with by the
news from Laran. This was on the
80th and Hendricks telegraphed
Something of our secret is discovered
by the government. How much,sI dc
not know. Watch the papers. A
/ United States gun boat anchored IN the
river this a. M, opposite the bayou; .
strong force has been ashore. The
! probability is that this is one feature
of a general movement and other forces
| are concentrated Il is therefore fool
hardy to send Miss Tranaxlin at this
/ time. ~
| It was Mrs. Hendricks custom to read
off these messages to Fenning while
she was at the instrument and he
| wrote them down with a pencil In
order to be sure 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. Luscounb and the departure
from Laranl Of Mrs. Hendricks and
Fenning, ea1icot 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 d wel1-read man, had become quite
attached to him and had told him q
great deal about Miss Endicottss PEI
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-
tion and the doctor was not present.
Something that was learned from her
lips made Miss Laport and Calicot com
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 1t 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 lipsa Calieot 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-
denly dawned upon him that he had in
this young woman a complete offset ]
to Hendricks secret advantages. Miss
Laport acknowledged to him, in corrob-
oration of what chad heard, that she
had refused to 60 away without her
father, and now that she had learned
of the preparations to send her to Fem
ming, she was visibly alarmed. Calicot
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 confidential |
confederates. He cautioned her to say
nothing to Stocking at present and got
her to use her woman's influence with |
the girl to carry on the experiments.
When he was alone the discovery
filed him with all manner of COM
lectures and alarms. 1t kept him
awake al1snight IN an effort to make a |
correct deduction from the informa-
tion furnished. The next day he |
cautiously endeavoredt to test the truth
Of Miss Endicott's vision. He met I
Hendricks In the rotunda. and after a /
polite salutation said: 1T is impossible |
for me TO wander about In this place
md not hear the men occasionally dis
eussing your affairs. i have just heard |
something that leads me to believe
5hat war vessel is watching the
bayou Is that true9', 81
EYES," replied Hendricks. She ar
lived yesterday morning. expected
ler before 81
He then walked away as II disin-
lined to talk further upon the SUBJ
eet.
So this piece of information was alb
so1uteIy correct. Galicot saw that the
sfairs of Hendricks and HIS men were I
loW too urgent to leave them much
,irne to think OF him and the women,
ind he resolved to improve the oppor-
unity With Miss Endieott. Miss La
,ort made the task an easy one, for she
,rought Miss Endicott into her apart
nent, gave her an invalid chair and L
admitted CaIicot. He observed that the t
sirl did not suffer in her frances when
he doctor was not present. She even
that the doetor fright
ned and panied her, but volunteered
o take the packet Of hair and tried to
% what Ca1icot desired. She closed
Ter eyes moment, gave way TO little
remor and then said. Yes, there
hey are. He is reading the papers to
ler. Calieot very soon discovered 4
hat she could not repeat what sne /
Ieard, If, indeed. she heard anything
t all. Whatever her special gifts
Fere they appeared to be confined to
ision. She could read the title and
he type Of the paper in Jennings
lands and she saw his lips move. He !