Connecticut western news., 1884-01-30

midnight when I was awakened by hear ing voices below. listened and could plainly distinguish the voice of our host, though could not hear what was said. In few minutes more he came up and entered our room. He noticed that I was awake, and asked me if we would lend him our hats and cloaks a little while without asking any questions. I told him yes, though l must say that broke the promise on the very next moment by asking him what he was up to- He shook his head and said perhaps he would tell me some time.
 In fifteen minutes after this, I heard some one go out by the back way, and then all was still.
 When we went down in the morning, we found Old Joe> alone. I asked him where Joseph Cervera was, but he only shook his head in answer. After break fast was on the point of going out when the host called me back.
 "Look ye, senor," he said, in an eager, earnest tone, "you know so much already that I shall feel safer to confess to you the whole, for were you to tell one word of what you have seen here, 1t might ruin me. You will be secret. You know the young men, and you can- not wish them harm."
 I promised, and he proceeded.
 "The mother of those two young men was my sister. She died over week ago. Philip was in the army and Joseph was at home. They were twins, as you were told last night. Philip wished to be with his mother when she died-it was almost monomania with him-but this could not be allowed, So he ran away. He was brought back, and ran away again. And this he did the third time. That was Philip whom we first saw at the stakel He had arranged with his brother for escape. Joseph was to prepare himself with all the necessary instruments for freeing him. self from his shackles and for cutting his way from prison. He knew just where he would be confined, and consequently he knew what he would need to help him to escape. With these tools con- cealed about him, he came, as you saw, to take his brothers place. He is bold, dauntless, reckless man, when only self or the safety of friend is concerned and I believed he would succeed. You know how Philip was released, andlhow his in nocent brother was accepted in his place. Ha, ha, ha, they let the deserter go and took an eel in his place. Joseph had his irons of within half an hour after dark, and in an hour more he had two of the iron bars removed from the back win dow. At ten o'clock he crawled out, let himself drop upon the ground and then scaled the wall. He came immediately here, and I at once called his brother and helped prepare for making final clearance. Your hats and cloaks served to help them by the sentinels, and ere I left them I saw them on board felucca, be- low Georgetown, bound for Toulon. They are out of sight of land ere this. Now you know all, and know may trust you"
 Hardly had he ceased speaking when six soldiers entered the bar-room. The deserter-Philip Cervera-had escaped Had we seen anything of him ? No. And the soldiers went away.
 When I went out I found soldiers moving in all directions, and many times heard tbe same question repeated which had been asked at Old Joe's. But the deserter was not found. Search was also made for the one who had come sc near being shot on the day before, but they could find him no more readily than they did the other.