, 1881-10-30

Yes, SIR"
:" :: a.! Aed s,z Sny2" <
And have been acting unaer distinct order
q Yes. SIR
Wi!ltngiSS2" y.
"GlatilN, pcrhaps2''
- Yes, Sir; it would do no good to deny it. Tht
South is my country:
MY. HEART IS SOUTHERN,
and 1t is n II in her cause
'Then tho tale you told me OF your wrong:
and the persecution OF your family was made ut
'They--they told me to say it, SIR
And you would betray ana destroy those whc
pitied and sheltered you.. 10 you COMPREHEND
Tie replied with sobs only,
- Well. let TINT pass 10 business. Who is the
Colonel and where is her"
from answering. lie said he would be Killed if
nc @ told threatened 70 put him into the aark
1e aim up # f he aa Mt a sSe 9n5 w
to protect him ftoln all hnr,n If he made ccan
breast. For all answer he closed bis mouth
irmly. and put on q stubborn air which could
not bring him out of. At last started with him
but single 'glanec into the dnrk cell converted
him. 1io broke into p..ssion Of weeping and
] supplicAting, and declared
HE WOULD TELL EVERYTHING. ~ -
So I brought him buck. and he named the
sCotonel," and described him particularly. Said.
] he would he found ut the principal hote in the
aow IN % sitlzepe aresf; @ al, had to ,tbssa,en hin
| Master" Said tho MASTER would be found Ut
No II nond street, New York, pnssing under
| and description to the Chef Of Police Of the
metropolis. nnd asked that Gaylord be urrestcd
and held till could send fur ninl.
Now said I. t'it seems thnt there are Sow
crnl OF the con5pirAtors 'outsido '-prcsuInablT
i'll New London. Mime and describe thon.''
lie named and described three men and wOm-
on-nll stopping Mt tho principal hotel. sent
out quietly, and hud them and tho "Colonel ar
rested aud confined in the fort.
"Ncxt, want to know all about your three
fellow spirntors who are here in tho fcrt.'
He was nbout to dodge me with II falsehood.
PAPER which had been found upnn TWO OF them,
md this hn,i Il sal,,tary effect upon him. said
VIC bud possession Of two of the men, and be
must point out tho third. This frightened him
badly. and be cried out:
; 20 please don't make tnc-hc Would
KILL. ME on THE spor!'
I said that that was atl nonsense; would hnvc
the men should be assembled without arms. i
ordered all tho raw recruits TO be mustered, ind
tasn tue poor .n trcm6itng ttte + wretch went oas
indifferent us possible Finally he spoke IL single
word To one Of tho men, and before he had gone
five stcps the nnE was under arrest-
AS snou rs Wicklow Was with us again, had
those three men brought ill., l tnade one Of them
stand forward, and said:
Now, Wicklow. mind, not Il shades diver
scncc from the cxnct truth. VINO Is this nlan,
and what do you know about hing
ISefilE III fDrt. he cast consequences 4SitIH,
fastened his eyes on the mans fuce, and spike
straight along without hesitution-to tho follow
ing effect.
from New Orleans: was Second Mate of the
coast picket Capitol two years ago; is n
desperate character, and has served two terms
named Hyde with u cApatan-bar, nnu one for
killing ronstnhout for refusing to heave the
lsaa which i no part na q b Sn
Colonel to net in that capacity. lie was Third
Mate Of the St. Nicholas when she blew up III
near being lynctcd for rohhing the dead and
wounded while they we're being taken ashore in
nn empty wond-bOnt.
biography in full. When he lad finished said
"Whul have you to say to this:' /
. " liarrin1 your presence, sir, it Is !
THE 1SFElsSALESr IN: THAT EVER WAS
SrOkEi" |
sent him back into confinement, and called !
tho others forward III turn. Same result The I
boy salye II Detailed history Ut each. without
eve. ncsita1in. TOR !, word :,r Il fact; but ul |
could yet out Of either rascal was the Indignant
assertion that It was all Y lie. They would con,
onc. Wicklow told all about thenl--what towns |
in tho South they were from. and every detail of
their connection with the conspiracy
But they al te1l;cd his fActs, aud not one OF
them confessed thing. The men ravcd, the
women cried. According to their stories. they
loved tho Union above Ill things in this world. I
locked the Ean. up, fu dsgtsst, and fell to cate
2hfsll.g Wicklow O1lce more.
Where IL No. lit, and who Is 3. r."
Hut there hs wits determined to draw the line
Neither cuaSila1 nor threats had any effect upon
Him. Time WIS flylnE-it WIS necS5snry to in- ]
'tltute sharp measures. So
TIED 1II3I Cr -i-TIPTOE l:y THE THrMuS.
As the pail increased it wiring screams from
J.'ar. lsut held my ground, and pretty soon
&c shrlekcd out:
"No-you'll tell before l let you down.
Every Instant was agony to him now, so out it
no. 1t6, Eagle tlotet,,"--nuu1uc a wretched
nvern down by the water, Il resort Of common !
ahurcrs. fong.toretnen, and less reputable folk
So released him, and then demanded to know :
he phjcct Ut the conspiracy. -.' .
ITO take the Tort tonight" said he, doggedly,
md s0bbln1.
:. :. Have got NIL tho chiefs Of the conspi.acy:'
No. You've got aliexccpt those that arc to +
What does Remember NSXX' meau2"
...Whar is tho password to No. 1862 ~ !
No reply
What do those lunches of letters mean :
,tch IL a@ain." - ''A '''4' :
= never I'm answer! will die first. Nov do !
''rhink what you arc saying, Wicklow. Is 1t u u
nnI?' :
lie answered steadily, md without culver in a
"It is final. As sure as love my wronged :
ountry and hate everything this Northern sun u =
,incs on, ! will die before will reveal those =
j lriccd him up by the thumbs again. When s.
10 agony was full upon him it was heart: :,
EvakluT 10
TO HEAL: THE poO1: THINGS s11I:IEKs-
Ut VIC Eot nothing else out or him. 10 every u
acstion he screamed the same reply: IL can t
e. and 1rill die; but will never tell" II
need TINT he certainly would die rather than II
'nfesS. So We took him down and imprisoned ] I!