Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-06-27

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I then passed on, and was soon beyond
the gate, and travelling on the dusty
road, between gardens fragrant with
orange trees and tropical flowers, l, at
length, reached the villa of Mr.. W., who
was in the city, but made myself known
to Mrs W., who welcomed me, and Of
fered me the refuge [ much needed.
When w. returned in the evening, he
found me in bed with a high fever,
brought on by the inflammation of my
wound. [ was tenderly nursed for twelve
days, and at the end of three weeks
was entirely recovered. From Mr.. w.
had learned the excitement which had
followed the scene in the cofee-house,
and of the search made for me by orders
of General -, who represented me as a
spy of the Americans.
eff you had not been an American"
said Mr.. W., he would not have insulted
you as he did in the coffee house. The
search for YOU is now over, as it is sup
posed that you have left the island; and
you will be able to get off in the next
steamer without difficulty. 1t sails day
after tomorrow"
But I did not wish to leave until I
had seen or heard from Don Armas. 1
proposed-for my suspicious were pain
fully roused-that we should send to his
mothers villa in order to ascertain if he
he were there or not. Mr.. w. advised
me not to appear abroad, openly, and
rode to her residence, three miles distant,
himself. Upon his return, the expression
of his face showed that he brought ill
tidings.
"He is in PRISON." he answered the
inquiring look gave him, as he
aEghted.
In prisonW I repeated with a sink
ing heart.
eyes. His mother is in great dis
tress, She says that three weeks ago last
night"
"The very night I saw him." / said.
"a Spanish officer, with file of
mounted soldiers, rode out to the villa,
and entered it, searched for the papers of
Carlos and carried off every letter and
scrap of paper they could find, and every
letter he had written to his mother from
the United States, when he was at the
university there. Upon her inquiries
why this was done, the only reply she
got was that Carlos was state prisoner,
and arrested on suspicion of sympa-
thizing with the American invaders"
X X X
"Do you know what prison he is in?"
l asked of Pedro.
"In the government prison, near the
port side"
"That is strong place"
GAS the Moro ITSELF" senior, answered
Pedro, shaking his head. 81 know all
about it, for [ was once in the guard,
and have done my duty in it for many a
month"
"Then you must 90 to prison, and
chat with your old comrades. You must
make them presents of fine cigars You
must not be without flask of wine I'M
der your jacket. You must make friends
with all in the guard-house. 1t will take
two or three days, twice a day, to &C
complish this-till you make them IA
miliar with your presence Throw out
hints that you think some of enlisting
again."
81 will do it, senor,' answered Pedro.
eff you will, [ will afterwards plan
some way of iberating him." answered.
turned. He informed me that his sue
cess had been far better than he antici-
pated, that he had not only been let into
prison by one of his old cronies, now
sergeant, but had seen Carlos and spoken
to him, by the sergeant's permission.
This relation of Pedro filled me with
Joy and hope. [ at once directed him to
procure stout rope, and half dozen
files, and convey them to the cell of Don
Carlos. The next day at 10 O'Clock,
when he knew that he should find the
sergeant at his post, he went to
the prison and conveyed these
articles. He placed them through the
iron window, in the hands of Carlos,
who said it would take him two nights
to file off the bars, which were thick. He
said that if a boat could be brought
under the window at midnight, on the
second night, he would be ready to de-
scend into it.
This was good news to my heart. l
now sent Pedro out to purchase a whale
boat, that it would be possible to cross
to Key West in, if necessary. This boat
he pulled round to place near the
prison, and moored it by an obscure pier.
It was a starlight night. Fortunately,
we met no patrols, and reached our boat
in safety. Here, to my surprise, I found
that Pedro determined to embark with
me. He said that he would not remain,
for the escape of Carlos known, suspicion
would light upon him, who had been SO
recently in the prison. I was glad
enough to get him to aid me further in
my enterprise, and, pushing off our boat,
we were soon rowing, with noiseless dip,
under the walls of the prison. AS the
clock tolled midnight, we came beneath
the window. [ looked up but could see
nothing save the obscure darkness Of the
window.
clark" whispered Pedro, che is still
flingw
I listened, and distinctly heard the
creating Of the coarse file on the heavy
| bars.
"You are right He has not done all
his work" l said, with misgiving
AS [ spoke there was a humming in
the air, and, with splash, piece of the
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