, 1881-10-30

question he scrc:.u,cd the same reply: :. l can
| die. and 1riIl die; but will never tell
Welf, We had to give it up. We were con-
WINGED thnt he ccrtuinly would die rather than
confess. So we took him down and imprisoned
him, unicr strict guard
Thcn, for some hours. We busted ourselves
! with sending tcLcgrnms to the Wnr department,
and with making preparations for u descent
1t wils stirring times. that black and bitter
] night Things had leaked out, and tho whole
garrison wits on tho alert. The scntinefs werc
without being brought to stand with IL In,sket
evcletl ut his head. However. Webb and we're
less concerned now thln VIC hat previously
been. because. OF the fact that the conspiracy
must necessarily be in II pretty crippled co1.di-
ton. SINCE so nany Of its principals were in our
clutcli1s-
delcrnlincd to bc ut No. l66 III good season,
capture and rag Il. t., nud be on hand for the
rest when they arrived At about quarter
pas5 t IN ho 1orni"g crept out or the fortress
States regulars ut my hecls-us,u the hoy Wick
low, with his hands tied behini him. told him
we were going to No. lfG, and that il I found he
had lied again and was misleading us, be wo,l
have to show US the right place Or suffer the
consequences.
connoitcred. 4 light was burning in tho small
b1rrooas. tho rest OF the house was dark.
tried the front dnor; it yielded. ana We softly
entered. closing the door Ecnfnd us.
THEN WE REMOVED oUi: SHOES,
and | led the wny. to tho barruom. Tho Ger
nun landlord SIT there, asleep in his chair-
woke him gently and told him to take of his
buots and precede us; warning him III the same
time to utter sound. ffe Obeycl without Il
nla1rr,ur. hut evidently he wis badly frightened
ordered him to lead the way to lGG We
ascentieu two or three flights OF. stairs rs softl;
as Il 1ie Of cats; md then, having arrived near
the farther end ut long hall, e:tt,ic to II door
through tho glhzed tr,lust,ul Of which Wt. could
discern tho glow Of dim light from within.
The landlord felt for inc in the dark aud whis-
pered Inc that th;t WIS lG6. I tried the door-fL
wns locked I'm tho inside. whispered an order
n nj hr5oSt srtfars- 1rts
shoulders to the dUor und with one hcnve VIC
burst it from its hinges. Icanght half-glitlpsc
OF Il figure In bed-s;w its head tnrt tow,trd tho
candle: out went tho light and we were in pitch
darkness. With one big bound lit on thur bed
and pnHcn its occupant down with my knees
My prisoner strng3fc;t Hereby. but got IL grip
On his thronr with my left hand, aud that was !.
Good assistance 70 my knees in holainE him
down. Then straiRhtwAy snatcheu out r,1y re-
rolyer, cooked it, and iuid the cold barrel warn
tng1y against his check.
Now somebody strike light" said l. ''Tyc
got him safc.''
IT w:s done The tlamc Of the ,natch burst
up- looked at my cnptlyc, and, by George,
IT WAS y. YOUNG WOMAN.
Let 20 md got Oft tho bed. feeling pretty
shecpisn. Everybody stared stlptGy 1T his
ncignbor. Not Eody had any wit or sense left, so
sudden and overwhelming had been the surprise.
The young woman begun to cry. and covered
her face with tho sheet. The landlord said,
mcckJy:
Ny daughter, she has been doing something
that Is not right. nfcht wahr:"
~ Your daughterI Is she your ,1aughter?"
Oh. yes she IS my daughter. She is lust to-
night come home from Cincinnati u little bit
Sick.