Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-04-15

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ten: and saying, Those berries lool
good to eat stretched out her hand to
wards them. Mr.. Kitten stopped her
You must never touch that, he said
why not?' the child asked. sBecaus,
| if you eat much of it, it would poison
YOU sAnd if / eat little?' said th,
child, laughing. IF you emily eat lit
tle,' said Mr.. Kitten, 'it would throw
you into deep-a sleep that none ofui
could wake you from, when it was tins
for breakfast sleep that would make
your mama think ysu were dead. ,
Those words were hardly spoken, wher
the though that | have now to tell yer
| of, flashed across my mind. But, be
fore / say anything more, answer me one
question. Am / right in supposine
that our attempt at escape must be made
in the night? Is a
AT night, certainly says |, because
we can be most sure, then, that the ri.
rates off guard are all IN this building,
and not likely to leave it,
Il understand. Now, Davis, hear
what / have observed of the habits OF
the men who keep us imprisoned in this
place. The first change, of guard at
night, is at nine o'clock. At that time,
seven men come in from watching, and
nine men (the extra night-guard) go out
to replace them; each party being on
duty, as you know, for six hosrs. |
haveobserved,a at the nine clock change
of guard, that the seven men who come
off duty, and the nine who go on, have
a supply of baked cakes of Indian
corn, reserved expressly for their use.
They divide the food between them; the
Pirate Captain fwho is always astir at
the change of guard generally taking
a cake for himself, when the rest of the
men take theirs. This makes altogeth-
er, seventeen men who partake of food
especially reserved for them, at nine
O'Clock So far you understand me?'
Clearly, Miss.
'TheI next thing / have noticed, is the
manner in which that food is prepared
About two hours before sunset, the Pr
rate Captain walks out to smoke, after
he has eaten the meal which ne calls
his dinner In his absence from the
hall, the Indians light their fire on the
unsbeltered side of it, and prepare the
last batch of food before they leave us
for the night. They knead up two sep
arate masses of dough. The largest is
separated into cakes and baked. That
is taken for the use of us prisoners and
of the men who are off duty all night.
The second and smaller pieces of dough
is then prepared the nine o'clock change
of guard. On that food--come nearer,
Davis, I must say it in whisper-on
that food all our chances of escape now
turn. If we can drug it unobserved,
the Pirates who go off duty, the Pirates
who 60 on duty, and the Captain, who
is more to be feared than all the rest,
will be Is absolutely insensible TO Our
leaving the Palace, as if they were every
one of them dead men,
Il was unable to speak, was un-
able even to fetch my breath at those
words.
Il have taken Mr.. Kitten, as matter
of necessity, into our confidence, she
said. 4 have learnt from him simple
way of obtaining the juice ofthat plant
which he forbade the child to eat. /
have also made myself acquainted with
the quantity which it is necessary to
use for our purpose; and have resolv-
ed that no hands but mine shall be charg-
ed with the work of kneading it into the
dough-
Not you, Miss,-not you. Let one Of
us-letme-run that risk
you have work enough and risk
enough already said Miss Maryon.--
1T is time that the women, for whom
you have suffered and ventured so much
should take their share. Besides, the
risk is not great, where the Indians on
.ly concerned. They are idle and GU
rious. / have seen, with my own eyes
thatthey are as easilytsmpted away from
their occupation by any chance sight or
chance noise as if they were children;
and have already arranged with Mr..
Macy that he is to excite their curl
osity by suddenly pulling down one OF
the loose stones in that doorway, when
the right time comes. The Indians are
certain to come to find out what is the
matter. Mr.. Macy will tell them that
he has see snake, they will hunt for
the creature (as have seen them hunt
over and over again, in this ruined place.
and while they are SO engaged, the
opportunity that want, the two min
utes to myself, which are all that re-
quire, will be mine. Dread the Pirate
Captain, Davis, for the slightest caprice
of his may ruin all our hopes,-but
never dread the Indians, and never doubt
me- 80
Nobody, who had looked in her face
at that moment-or at any moment
that ever / knew of could have doubted
her. s,.f =
There is one thing more she went
on. when is the attempt to be made?
In three days time answered; there
will be timber enough down to make
the RATS
In three days time, then, let us de.
eide the question of our freedom or oul
death. She spoke those words with 8
frmness that amazed me. REST now,
she said. REST and hope
The third day was the hottest we had
yet experienced; we were kept longer
at work than usual; and when we had
done, we left on the bank enough, anc
more than enough, of timber and poles
to make both the RATS.
The Indians had gone when we go
back to the Palace, and the Pirate Cap
tain was still smoking on the flight o
steps. As we crossed the hall, / looked
on one side and saw the Tertiilas set VI
in pile, waiting for the men who came
in, and went out at nine o'clock.
AT the door which opened betweel
our room and the women's roem, Mis-
Maryon was waiting for US.
is it done? / asked In a whisper.