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r released him. and then demanded

"To take the fort tonight" said he
doggedly, and sobbing.
"Have got all the chiefs Of the con-
spiracy?''
mo. You've got all except those that
are to meet 1856"
what does Remember NAAN
meanr" (:
"What is the password tong 1862"
No reply.
"What do those punches of letters
mean? Answer, or you will catch. it
again"
Il never will answer. will die first.
Now, do what you please"
'Think what yea are saying, Wicklow.
Is it fnal?''
He answered steadily, and without a
quiver in his voice:
at is final. AS sure as l love my
wronged country and hate everything
this northern sun shines on, I will die
before will reveal those things"
triced him up by the thumbs again.
When the agony was full upon him, it
was heart-breaking to hear the poor
things shrieks-but we got nothing else
out of him. To every question he
screamed the same reply: q can die,
and l will die, but l Will never tell"
Well, we had to give it up. We were
convinced that he certainly would die
rather than confess. So We took him
down and imprisoned him under strict
guard
Then for some hours we busted our
selves with sending kilograms to the war
department, and with making prepara-
tions, for descentupo No. l66.
Itwas stirring times, that black and bit
ter night, Things. had leaked out, and
the whole garrison was on the alert The
sentinels were trebled, and nobody could
move, outside or in, without being brought
to stand with a musket leYeled at HIS
head.
| determined to be at No. 1866 in good
season, capture and gag b. B., and be on
hand for the rest when they arrived. At
about a quarter past in the morning |
crept out of the fortress with half
dozen alwart and gamy US. regulars
at my cells, and the boy Wicklow, with
his hq ds tied behind him. | told him
We,w9re going to No. 1866, and that if |
found that he had lied again and was
misleading us, he would have to show us
the right place or suffer the conse-
quences.
We approached the tavern stealthily
and reconnOitered. A light was burning
in the small bar room, the rest Of the
house was dark. tried the front door;
it yielded, and we softly entered, closing
the door behind us. Then we removed
our shoes, and lead the way to the bar
roo7l. The German landlord sat there,
as ID in his chair. woke him gently,
s told him to take off his boots and
! 5cede u.s. warning him at the same
time to utter no sound. He obeyed with
out murmur, but evidently he was
badly frightened. | ordered him to lead
the way to 166. We assembled two or
three flights of stairs as softly as file OF
cats; and then, having arrived near the
farther end of long hall, we came to
door, through the glazed transom Of
which we could discern the glow of a dim
light from within. The landlord felt for
me in the dark and whispered me that
that was l6G. | tried the dOor-it was
locked on the inside. | whispered an
order to one Of my biggest soldiers; we
set our ample shoulders to the door, and
with one he&9e we burst it from its
hinges I caught half glimpse of a
figure in a bed-saW it's head dart toward
the candle; out went the light, and we
were in pitch darkness. With one big
bound l lit on that bed and pinned it's
occupant down with my knees. My pris-
oner struggled fierceIy, but l got a grip
on his throat with my left hand, and that
was a good assistance: to my knees in
holding him down. Then straightway l
snatched out my revolver, cooked it, and
laid the cold barrel warnjngly against his
cheek.
"Now somebody strike light, said l..
GIVE got him safe" -.
Itwas done. The fame of the match
burst up. y looked at my captive, ana,