The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-05-02

yon are wanted to speak, you will be told'
| Not another word was uttered till the car
riage had passed through a massive gate-
way under low, dark arch, and stopped in
the court of a second BaStile. Here / was
Transferred to the charge of a lew-browed,
| black -whiskered, Sullen looling fellow, who,
after a few words, aside with the officer,
took me roughly by the arm, and conduct.
ed ne through small Side-door in long,
Camp, narrow, gloomy passage thai ran
past a humber of cell, and was dmly light
cd by here and there an iron lamp depends
ing from the stone ceiling. After advanc-
ing along this passage for perhaps hundred
feet, We came to an iron door, which the
turnkey unlocked; and then lighting anoth-
or iron lnnp, which stood in the niche to
the, night, he conducted me down a long
hight Of stone steps into a sill more damp
ard glnnnty rassI@e.. Passing along tl.is for
some fifty teat, thr nan stopped ar dun
gton-cellnun tertd ninety FIVE, and nnlock
| irg and throwing optn an outlr and inner
door. mot oned me 10 enter. -.- re.. nos
50 May le enermittcd TO ask a single qucs-
! tlon?'' I now lent,ircd to say. Va Iva
No; I'm not lieie4o hetalked % by such
aS ynul'' wa, his grliff and surly reply. In
with you!' he added, with a Threatening
jerk Of the arm; a We no time TO waste on
ceremony. y .gJ0s'fi4 }2 e""l .@ FL
obfycd Will, mental grnan. feeling as
II, lwere being cntemled alive.fs rra @
When the heavy doors were CLOSED and
locked upon me. | found myself in total
darkness; and after Standing for a few mo-
ptentssam6Stl l,araIy1ed with fparard dread
| ,commfnccd feeling aroumla the aamps
siuly walls to ascertain the, size. Of. the
apartment, and what. il. contained. This
did not take me long, for tie cell was only
ten feet by six. and had nothingin but some
old, moist. mnuldy, straw, which had pro-
hably served the preceding necunant for a
ted, and perhaps several othe'sbetprtf hlmg
| vas not !, sufficiently exhauSted 10 think
# lying down upon thismass Of filth-~as ].
knew il must he. l,cth by senseof touch and
Sneil-and so felt out a spot near the door
that seemed to be the least di>agrecahlc Of
any. and. casting myself down there Ia
7nQ7t', l gave myself up to g,oomy refec-,
tons 30 l"-ian s54' @'.'-'1 ""' 70 '.'
b Here was 7. in the very prime and vicor
of liie-who for years had been aclose bard
student. always minding my cwn business.
and never mcdd!ing with what did not con
,ctrnme, least Of all, the political affairs Of
a jealous and Suspicious government Is sud
denly immurcd in n damp. dark. noisnmc
dungeon, ald'y fl for the worst malciac-
tor withcn' icing publicly accused "f any
c'inlc, or even myself permitted to know
;he-eau OF NY arrest. In those first
lonely. solitary hours, | cudeavored to recall.
every act incident. and EXPRESSION Ut ny
whole life that light ly any possibility, he
'eon,trW d into Treason, but Icould ttbink
OF ore-l bad been innocent even in tho I;
and ! was finally torcrd to tie conclusion
tEat was rither me Vlctlm Of n'S1ake or
o. some secret sent my nleNt lrepal9y 'he
1olmrr' as cove rfh'ehhtr no on 70 whcm
naa gwen ohehEe. nm NM, Ee' th' L'S'''
might be ,n',r'iy 'ndrr' hde,,t OF ny ln!1-
crhce, ana ! bc h'Hdr !" suhtf ah',g "lh
the guilty Tor even ne misfortune q beng
s"N}Re!Veo--fVc Vcl' p" "Pi a. NV l'.'t' .lle
100 general custom WIN the administration
OF austrian, JuSA,e' H5, -l
1 PaSSe' me ili@ht 'n ,he l'aihlui hiah'Ff
pave o'>rfi,'eo'. ana ohiy Knew wien an
o'hef gay had oa"ned ny Sor. q ih'S'!
gray that s'oie mo my <wfetehrH auiieeoh'
ana, as IL were n'aKlilg the oa'kness more n
visible soon alter; the wicker oI ~! ecu
hahd ~ tnrust ihS'de smaii iohI o o'ack
II =. ", x l. I.1..l r. -,
ana was "lt 10 an aWlui so,''uoe LOT '"ur
aho tMflty Eoqfs. -. IL llt!o1s,'ou, .L WE Ine
"leteheataY l niost OF lhe 'line paced my
cen II, an agony OF in,,o u, ,n,p"sSsp;e 10 por-
tray; tut Wheh 'o'ai dafkieSs agaih smut IN
tne seetr. nI., ! 'hie" l'sSVl udNn ~. Wv
dan'p: nlliy lags, ih.a S'ate oi Wnble'e eA-
hnls,'1n, aP1 leu ,n'n 70 ;h m"peied sierp,
Whlrh m' tea 'nr"oGh me n'ei1' Nheh my
allowances OF nleau ana wafer Wa again
hanocu '''' IN 'iie same 'lahi'e' az AZ MT
| need not dwell upon the dnys OF my
imrllsonmtlt' Nhch were all so much
a,ike Ieas description oI one VIII stiVel"f
AL. Fer weeks ana mrn'hS 'h''e wa was =, 70
cnanfe' 'Gccpt ID lhSS.h' 4 &raqna!y ~,
came weak aho eniacialsu' MY iiaif ano
leard grew Iohe ai'a matted NY ho"tS were
u, hy ea,n, et's goe reoheea 10 'at'efS,
anu ny, "hGie IeEsoh ut came so co'e'ed
WIN MN az f!n,i''' ''it 't'h 'he N'irst
I nan's OF Il Iezar' house hneht Ju>'iiicatlr
nave s'ruhN u, ~ ~ me ~ W. euSl. Ali" "ial
was Norfe .S.l'' ! 'c' 'ial IL! n'li'a was
prcrlthIy, 81 lng way ugder my cluei treat
ment ana Fr'aord ana ThoddtFed h' the
horrible thougilt ol,sooi pec''', i'ie il'l'e-
lGss haniac. tilea tH p'ar III IKE a.h'aii-
lncd TO lcpe lof me Desl-- l9l u ,lte iss ~
"'S aiSeuS'''s h'yS'e'y' anu '',e iu,ute re
wall u tlacSpcss "iin 20 ray o1 hiit, d" y,
,a!lent p2mt VI on "hich 70 TX me hina'
aapd so i"unn ilat nom every en"it 10 ne
altom me o1nnet OF Despona' ! ohiy SUM
tack ,tacIk, HecPer IN ne nilr@ As 'hs @tatt:'r
had cen c"hlaI,lttVe'S warm Sll'cc my ~
iceicoratl"4, ! hsh not AnEeird non a1thi ne
cold only from the dampneesss ana nun; out
this leht,Hfd' wouId III 'me l1ed some
alsease, and a'dently rlaAed that f ne
lataI maady nlghit seize me, and send me
INTO better world.
At last, one day, as | sat brooding over
>eli destruction, half tempted totput an end
to my misery, either by opening an arter1