Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-09-15


ously put together your whole career
made his own theory-zcpt it to him
self and is staying here to corroborate
it before putting the machinery of law
in operation, or making his plan pub
lie. He has shown an unmistakable
admiration for me, He processes to
have never met n woman whose intel
lectual gifts so impressed him, But |
cannot tell how far this is his suscepti-
bility or his game. Yesterday he said
my gifts would be of inestimablc value
to the social system if arrayed on the
side of the normal forces of society /
tried all my art to get him to say how
far he thought they were arrayed
against the conventional order, but I
could not get him to diyulge anything
At another time he said: You are in
constant communication with Mr. Hen
bricks. But he changed the subject
adroitly when | tried to find out how
he knew it. This win show you that
if he stays here it is only question of
time when he discovers our means of
intercourse and how necessary it is
that / should sparingly use it. You
know me too well to think for mo-
ment that I am superstitious or vision
ary, but this cool, plausible, mysterious
man somehow stands in my instructive
feelings for the slow, inevitable dis
passionate, solidarity of man that we
have raised our hands against. I have
exhausted all my womans ingenuity
in trying to discover the weak spot in
his nature He has so far baffled me.
cannot tell if he has a weak spot or
is only the cleverest man / ever met in
hiding it. 1t would be a supreme tri-
umph to outwit such q representative
agent intellectually. 1t cannot be done
in your way. You must handle events.
Leave me to deal with motives, In
any case, trust me"
The result of this was just what we
might expect in a 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 to
keep him helplessly out of the way till
! her own security was attained. He
/ did not however confer with his asso-
ciates, but went to the office and
plunged into deep consultation with
/ the general and Fenning upon the
topography of the country around St.
Mary's. They had county and town
4 ship maps with every road and house
marked upon them and they were en-
| crossed in the details of q military
campaign. But that morning the
doctor had said that there were six of
the men who had demanded to be let
out for few hours. They had
pledged themselves to keep away from
the roads and merely go into the bush
to hunt squirrels and would be back at
night. The doctor advised their re-
lease for time and as they were men
in whom the general had every con-
fldence, the permission was given with
a warming.
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 that they had re-
moved the obstacles to their liberty
Hendricks heard of it first from Mrs
Hendricks.
The two deputies, she said, 'have
been killed at the edge of the. blue
grass opening on the Smoky Hill
stretch. Thoy we're killed by your men
yesterday afternoon. Calicot sent THEN
bodies on to Clinton in wagon, and
Lieut.. Stocking has gone with them
They had not been gone an hour when
four mounted men arrived to take theii
place. ! saw them from my chamber
window, 1t had peculiar effect upor
me. They seemed to be the advance
guard of the race. Calicot is as suave
and unconcerned as ever. We ate
breakfast together. | expressed tht
greatest amount of concern anC
womanly horror at the deed liz
merely remarked that it was an Incl
dent calculable and of small weight il
estimating ultimate results "A mere
slSirmish.' Then he changed the con
versation TO a trifling subject. We shal
now have six men instead of four
Something tells me that if you succeed
in getting rid of these men, twelve NOR,
will take their place It's like fighting
an incaleulable machine"
Hendricks plans were decided upoI
in five minutes after this communica
tion, lie called in the general and ex
planned the situation to him. eve
must take this bull by the horns. Picl
twenty-five of the best men; stock then
with the best horses we have got. They
are to be timed to arrive at the LaraI
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 60 up and meet Calicot at tina
hour. I don't want him killed. W.
must make him our prisoner. As fo
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 laust 60 to st. Mary's. Hav,
you got the stuff off?"
Yes said the general, "the las
boxes went last night"
CHAPTER XIII
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