Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-08

| Woman-you must sec her"
80 many men, said the girl. Per
baps they will look for my father.
: There is the sound of the train-there
are more men coming" Her face as
sumed painful immobility She
gasped, threw up her arms, uttered a
shrek and fell forward The doctor,
who sprang to catch her, found both
her hands over her ears and her arms
were rigid. One of her hands still
clasped the hair and he could not ex-
tricate it from her fingers.
For quite an hour he worked with
restorativcs over her Hendricks
5 walked up and down in the arena and
= waited
At last the doctor appeared. I've
| got her around" he said; "but it's the
most extraordinary thing ever heard
| of, She is suffering from shock
: ''What do you make of her tallS?"
l asked Hendricks, somewhat inpatient
2 ly,
''Nly dear sir" said the doctor, II
don't know what to make of it. But
? am bound to tell you that these ex-
| traordinary creatures not only have
clear sight but at times preScience. 1t
, may be that she saw and described
| something that has not yet taken
place. The great ZchoSl1e often did
it in very nAOoh the same way"
' THAT may be very interesting to
r science" replied Hendricks; but
what we want described is the thing
) that is happening at present; Tint
! ought to be much easier matter The
+ hair trick did not work"
{ "There is no infallibility about it"
3 said the doctor. "It may work four
4 times and fail on the fifth"
v "Then by all means make the other
= four experiments Immediately"
"Impossiblc. wouldn't guarantee
her life If she doesn't recover from
II the shock She acts like a creature
who has been In a terrible explosion. :"
r Finding that there was no moving
4 the doctor from this decision Hem
n dricl5s with his usual tact, Immediate
4 ly turned his mind to other matters
Close confinement underground was
y telling upon all the inmates and even
. upon Hendricks himself. He noticed
that the long deprivation of sunlight
made everybody gloomy and doubtful.
Up to within o week his men had all
taken regular turns in the air In this
respect they had nothing to complain
of. They had gone out at the western
exit In groups-had hunted and tished
and enjoyed themselves and he had
lost none of them. The privilege had
been shut off as soon as the regiment
got away and the one hundred men
left behind, although made up of the
workmen and help of the establish
ment, were becoming restive under the
restraint. In spite of the fact that the
ventilation had been improved very
much and the variations of temperature
were scarcely appreciable in the ro'
tunda, which was not only the most
spacious but the most enjoyable part
of the Laran, the doctor found that he
was encountering new group of com
plants and he had the good sense tc
attribute them to the condition of con
fiDement
The day after the failure Of the doc
tors experiment with Miss Endicott
the general who had been away on {
mission of Importance, suddenly re
turned, He came in at the bayou EN-
trance late at night, but he reported Il
ey Hendricks, who got out of bed and the
or two sat in consultation until morning
1t Whatever the nature Of their confer
to ence was, Its Importance and the ur
n gency of events were made apparen
cd by the generals words at It's close.
'el 1--WE have just three days to get tn,
lr, rest of our nen out--that leaves then
i'd five days to assemble. They must b.
in st, Mary's on the 5th. You hav,
lr- no suspicion, have you, that the hey
as move Is known in any way to thes'
he officers above groundP"
IN II know absolutely nothing as I
nd what these men suspect. For som
De- reason Mrs. Hendricks Is reticent. TIL
he only thing to do is to go ahead and dis
ily regard them, They have got no poss
Ter in the neighborhood, for / have bee
'or over the ground"
Ter At this point the doctor came in an
all announced that Miss Endicott, who ha
cd not been out Of her bed since the shocl
was in one Of her frances and the
Id. might, he thought, renew the cxper
so ment in guarded way.
Hendricks excused himself to tn
ON general and went to Miss Endicott
er' bedside, where, after turning out tn
lgs negress, the two men sat down. Th
we doctor then proceeded as before, an
IN when the girls eyes were fixed upo
vacancy, he said: Tell me what yo
The see"
"Yes, viii tell you, she reptile,
zet as if in some terror of the docto
oc- Let me be sure. / see a woman.
md know her. She is standing in the Gu
Ter tains at the window-she-yes, she HI
red the curtain pulled about her-she
at listening"
Look well. What is she lister
Tho ing to2"
II cannot tell Yes-some one
.be walking on the balco9y-the windo
rd is open-itis Miss Laport and a your
ajd man. They sit down on a bench nei
the window"
fro BE ooSTINUED.i