The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-02-12
SOMEBODY'S ESCAPE.
From Dickens All n. Year Round.

me town womb stretch out by Lord
Cla,s'> instead OF going "a il did There
is back Clare street, bull. of handsome
private houses which were ATE wards lei
and s,ib-let cheap to lodeers-manv of
the lower classes of trades-peop,e It was
in one Of these houses tina, reduced gen
tewoman-Mss Sally Carnody lived
in or about the year 1851. There Wa. a
deal OF French money sent over IN those
| times. and some, it was thought, appro.
priated it 10 their own purposes. Frank
Arthur even when he was building Ar
thurs QUAY, was accused Of having got
some. | am quite sure this was untrue:
but the story was believed, because, YOU
see. in those days it was thought such an
impndent thing for a Catholic to build
whole quay Three times. they say, he
was on the point of being hanged out
the Earl Of limerick saved him Howev-
er this might be Frank Arthur being con
>idered mighty "uppish" Chat vas the
word) for Catholic was suspected: AMI
NOT himself atone but all who were known
80 he connected with him. Ar,hur's
wife was batter born then himself and
poor Miss Sally Carnody was cousin
Of hers, and we'll known As such SO she,
good old lady. was nuder suspicion also
Miss Sally being. as ! said, reduced
was obliged to take in ne4dlework 20 sup
port herself She was very ~klfu at her
needle. and numbers Of fine ladies used TO
mount the stairs t. her lodgings, to en-
rust her with work they were particular
ahou, One would think there could be
nothing very dangerous in this poor gen
rlewoman. Still being related 10 Ar
hur's wife. she was watched. and she knew
il Above all. she lived in constant dread
of fellow odger who occupied the rooms
on the ground floor, immediately below
her This woman who followed he cal
ing II clear >tarcher, was an acri1. close.
nnconmunica5ive little hodv-yery indus
rrIous but very old in her ways She
WAS what the neighbors called "a bitter
Protest4n: :" consequently she was EN-
poved bv all The Protestant ladies Of Linn
erick, and was, moreover, weekly pen
Sioner of some religious society. BY
Miss Sally the little Proes ant clear
starcher was looked upon a. Il pv, and
Urea AIDED and avoided accordingly
One da, a handsome carriage stopped Al
the door. and a lady modest OF appear
4rce having rquired for Miss Sally. aIi-h-
'ed, and assembled he stairs 10 her room.
She had.'some very fine work with her,
and concerning this she had huhdred in,
>truction. to give Miss Sally remember
el afterwards that while she was talking
about the work The Iady's eyes kept ganc
ing here and there rather curiouslv. But
As this was bv no means unusual in her
fine lady visitors. i, caused her no uneas-
mess al tie time Her customer Al last
departed AMI Mis- Sally resumed her or.
..ura,ion. suspended during the rather te-
diouS directions to which she had to heark
en-
The visitors sharp eyes, however, had
not gone pr,ing in vain. Inside the
| front room there was, AS | have often seen
n those old houses little room or close .
witanut anv window, only ligh Ell bv
means Of glass door connecting il with
the apartment wit bout l. game our sub
-eqnentIv thar the fire lady spy had seen
he shadow Of man indie In less than
EhalF Az hour rhe whole street was filed
~'th -nlieI~, and up 10 Miss Sally'N roo"
hey came. - secure .heir prisoner, They
knrw he had nor hal tire TO ESCAPE =
rhey also knew tia, from the closet here
wa> no second outlet; 50. when the,
were in the room without, they were sure
he WAS trapped.
Into the closet. then. they thronge5,
Gen Duff himself at their head. Bn:
The room was apparently empty l. was
without furniture save mattrasS a chair,
and table on which were the remains of
a meal. In one corner was little heap
,,f firewood, but not large enough to con
ceal man. For moment the soldiers
were taken ahack-neXt moment they
! we're treasured.
There was bricked up fire place in the
room; and around it they all gathered.--
At that time there was tax called
hearth money, and people used to build a
sort Of wall of bricks round fireplace
that the Inspector might see when he
came that they made 10 use of It. Az.
and NAV be when turned lis back, the
bricks womb be taken Gown until the
time came for the next visit However,
~ luck would have it, Miss Sally had
really 90 use for tie fireplace | suppose
it was AS mnch As she could do, poor
lady. to keep up the fire in the front room
And it so happened that the brlrks were
we'll and firmly buiI', and even ptastered
over, and they reached 10 within "A couple
of feet of the ceiling. There was just
room for ma" inside, and )wn there,
a he soldiers guessed. the poor fugitive
had dropped. He had only a fe. nina
'e,' notice Of their coming, and ca'chin.
ND hafrhet that was in n corner with thu
tirewood, he had jus, had lime 10 chamber
up and gain his temporary place of refuge
when they broke in.
With a throbh1ng heart he listened 10
their threats their cries of anger. their
na,hs II. beard Them asking iii would
n,r be best to Shoot down upon him. and
kill him in his lair Bur Gen. Duff hawI-
ell our No, no no. for hundred
thousand pounds He must be ,sken
alive. lie cannot escape US: pull wn
the brick work and he is ours )" Thew
then SCI too and worked ho,lv arI what
with the knocking and hammeing. and
cursin9 and -hcurinp there q, AS such An