Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-08-18

moment on my being able to reach |
Laran. A hundred possibilities may |
intervene before tomorrow. You
must ship me from here early in the
morning"
"Ship you? How?'
"Nith your goods"
Fenning considered a moment,
81 understand you," he said. at
may be possible
1T is imperative" she replied,
Tell Miss Laport that she must
change dresses with me and lend me
her veil. Take her home and leave
me here. ] must go out at five o'clock
with your goods. When you receive a
visit from the officer, it will depend
upon your wit in handling him, if !
get to the bayou ahead of him. Here
are three snap pictures of him | took
with a detective camera at different
times. This one was taken in New
York and the neclltie Is red-don't for
get-it may help you"
But, said Fcnning, lit is impossible
for you to be boxed
Nothing is impossible just noW''
she replied calmly.
At half-pa3t five o'clock the next
morning mule truck was loaded with
three large and about twenty small
boxes at the side entrance of Fenning $
place and driven away. 1t was 4
familiar scene to those in the neighbor-
hood. Just before the two men who
were to drive it left the place, Fem
ing gave them these Instructions
when you come to the Cache
Gulley six miles out, you are to leave
: this box marked Xxx under the catalpa
tree where the bowlSer is, in the grove
on the right. 1t contains tools anc
, Instruments for the surveyors who arc
to place new bridge over the slough
= Handle it carefplly-place it under the
tree and 60 on"
He knew these men would carry on
his instructions, for they wer'
regularly in his service and were wei
a paid.
- The truck got away just one hou
S and twenty minutes before Fenninl
got a call at his Office.
He recognized his visitor at once a
:. 4,e man who had been following tn
;. woman. There was something abou
d the fellow that instantly told Fennini
o he was a professional detective. IL
n was becomingly dressed in goo
c clothes. but they were not worn wit
c the ease of familiarity. His genera
n aDpearancc Indicated impudence an
e dorgedness rather than shrewdncs'
n lie had one of those faces, square
u immobile and hard, that are devoid
n all emotion. His little bead eyes wei
sunken and black and wore a stead,
ID imperturbable stare. He was
"a musular fellow with square broa
10 shoulders and significant bulges
u muscles on his arms, but he move
without elasticity or celebrity
"a "Can I sec You alone, Mr. Fenning
N N he asked, in a rasping but subdu(
90 voice,
g Eyes. sir" replied Mr.. Fennin
.t ,t "stcp right in here"
az The moment they were seated IN u
10 private office the man said Where
-. Mrs Hendricks"
IL 81 took her to a private house ear
this morning" replied Fenning
"Whv did she leave the hotel?'
because she was annoyed at yo
insufferable impudence in dogging h
all the way from New York.
The man was little surprised
+b. uncxpected franllness. lie show
It in his hesitation; his black eJ
stared steadily at Fenning, who h
leaned comfortably back in his ch
with the evident purpose of lcisur,
conversation, but they betrayed a lSi
of blank uncertainty
"She came from the hotel direc
here last night?'
''Shc did" replied Fcnning. Il
miro her smartnes5 in getting rid OF
nuisance"
And you know where she is?'
'Yes. sir. ! do, but you must not
pect me to point her out to you bef
Ew / understand the object of your ann
ance. If you will give me one G
and sufficient reason why you sho
IOllOW hCIs III uSll Ou NASAS SAAS
'Iil- 5 Il guess l know" said the otl
@ ue .'she is on her way to Hendricks bel
VOC this"
me 80. you're not an officer. win
;S uS be kind enough to tell me what
NJ I5 are and what YOU want2'
II ~ How do you know I'm not
ono officer?'
- Because if you were, the wol
,od YOU are in search of couldn't get
/, 80 of this city without your knowing
,bo that is, if you understood your I
-aI ness. There has no boat left
- up river since last night, and
- would have been at the trains as
- left. don't pretend to know you,
Nm, notice you do not wear the red n
a,,J tie that you sported in New York.
The men looked each other in
10 , eyes. Fenning was the most
80 possessed other the most st.
80 his black eyes had a dicker in
ar that might mean weak astonishr
-. or it might mean contempt
and 1 notice, he said, that
,ing don't wear the sa@e hair and the (
.l-ed clothes that You wore when
i, in boarded the Corinthian.'
fore Jennings scli-possession was
I've "a tested to the utmost Il don't b
what you're talking about. he
Won Were you N of the men that no
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