The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-19
CHAPTER XIV.

AT half after seven o'clock that even
ing DR.. Lampllin was waiting for Hem
bricks at the latter's office. Promptly
at the time set by the detective he hur-
ried into the room out of breath. At a
glance it was plain to Lampkin that lie
had met with no success.
cts no good" said Hendricks, fun
ing. 81 can't get the slightest hint a.
to his whereabouts. They say he has
left the city, and there it ends"
what are you going to do next?
questioned Lampl1in. This case is fret
ting the life out of me. never felt 50
much concern over anything in my
life."
Hendricks brows ran together and,
without making reply, lie went into
the adjoining room and Lampkin heard
him ring the telephone. There was a
pause; then he heard the voice of the
detective calmly asking for the con-
nection. Then tensely:
rs that Miss huntingdon"
Gs Pause of moment. Then Hendricks
voice:
"But you ought not to sit up there
like that. want to say that DR.. Lamp
kin and are going out into the coun-
try, and that you need not expect to
hear from me again tonight"
Another pause, then the voice of the
detective broke the silence:
"Yes, really, can tell you nothing
tonight am sorry to say that so far
have been unsuccessful, but while
there is life, you know, there is hope"
Then there was silence for moment
and Hendricks rang off. When he en-
tered the room he was white il the face,
and his fat hands-the hands which had
frightened about the throats and wrists
of hundred criminals-were trem-
bling.
"0ld man." he said, II heard her fall
tt she floor just now. heard her aunt
scream and run to her." Hendricks sat
down and leaned on his desk. There
was something in his eyes that Lamp
kin had never seen in the eyes of any
human being.
Doctor Hendricks added, "if / do
run across that dirty scamp, II am
afraid never can wait for justice to
take its course. / am satisfied that he
is not only Gielow's abductor, but that
he is the man who has tried twice to do
me up in such cowardly fashion"
Then Hendricks shook himself as if
ashamed of his outburst, and leaned
back in the light Of the green-shaded
lamp.
81 heard you telephone Miss Hunt
ington that you and | were going out
into the country" said Lampkin. WAS
that only preteAt?"
mo, l am going out to have a talk
with Kola, and as you said you'd like
to see his big rambling den, want to
take you along for company"
Nothing could please me more"
II have ordered carriage to meet us
at the One Hundred and Twenty-ffth
street elevated station. Come on, I'm
ready
As the carriage, after having passed
through rather dense wood for about
half mile, drew up at the old brick
mansion with its three and a half
stories and massive futed columns
reaching from the ground to the rather
Aat roof, Lampkin remarked
''Rather an isolated place. No bad
place for the gang of robbers of which
you spoke
1T just suits Kola, as l said once be-
fore" answered Hendricks. by the
time his hoodwinked customers get here
they ore prepared for anything i'm
aginatiye."
Telling the driver to wait for them at
the door they alighted. There was but
.one light in sight and that was a dis
NAL red one which could be seen
through the old-fashioned side lights of
the big door on the stone veranda.
There was no bell on the door, but sim
ply quaint old knocker.
Il wish" observed Hendricks, that it
were day instead Of night. You can
form no idea of the picturesque rugged
ness Of the scenery. You see we came
by the old road through the woods, but
just behind the house there is new
drive. AZ this point it has been cut
through solid stone, and there is cliff,
within 400 feet OF us, over hundred
feet in height. In blasting the stone