I felt altogether re-assured
now, and at once opened my satchel to make the necessary preparations
for my stay; still the room had not the air of an ordinary bedroom,
and the presence of three men, all as rough-looking as my guide,
made me suspicious as to their calling, more particularly as there
was not a woman to be seen save my patient.
As soon as I had divested myself of my wet garments and hung them at
the fire to dry, the men left the room, and I ordered the woman to
undress and go to bed, which she did. I then tried to get some
information from her as to who her husband was, and what was the
occupation of the men I had seen, but she either was or pretended to
be too sick to enter into conversation, and I was obliged to restrain
my curiosity for the time at least. In about two hours the woman
gave birth to a boy, and as soon as I could leave with safety, I
donned my clothes and left for home, the man who had engaged me
putting me into a cab with great politeness, and paying the driver,
he ordered him to deposit me in safety at my residence.
The next morning I was surprised to read in the paper that a
quantity of arms and ammunition had been sent here from the Fenian
headquarters in New York, and that although it was known that they
were secreted somewhere about Griffintown, the police had been
altogether baffled in their search for them.
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