The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-03-14
stand the trial, he, himself, had been set at

stand the trial, he, himself, had been set at
liberty.
It was about ten o'clock when Collins and
I retired, and it was some time ere we Tell
asleep. How long l had slept L cannot tell,
but it must have been past midnight when l
was awakened by hearing voices below. lis
tened 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 l was
awake. and asked me if we would lend him
our hats and cloaks a little while without
asking any questions. told him yes, though
must say that I broke the promise on the
very next moment by asking him what he was
up to. He shook his head and told me per-
haps 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 breakfast was on the
point of going out when the host called me
back.
LOOK We, senor," he said, in an eager,
earnest tone, you know SO much already
that shall feel safer to confess to you the
whole, for were you to tell one word of what
you have seen here, it might ruin me. You
will be secret. You know the young men,
and you cannot wish them harm"
| promised, and he proceeded.
''The mother of those two young men was
my sister She died over a 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 stake
He arranged with his brother for escape.
Joseph was to prepare himself with all the
necessary instruments for freeing himself
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 escape. With
these tools concealed about him, he came, as
you saw, to take his brothers place. He is a
bold, dauntless, reckless man, when only self
or the safety of friend is concerned and
| believed he would succeed. You know how
Philip was released, and how his innocent
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 off within
half an hour after dark, and in an hour more
he had two of the iron bars removed from
the back window. 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 left them saw them on
board of felucca, below Georgetown, bound
for Toulon They are out of sight of land
ere this. Now you know all and know l
may trust you"
1aioy Aae Ae ceaseu sPeahlhS wheH OLA
soldiers entered the bar-room. The deserter
Philip Cervera-had escaped Had we
seen anything of him? No. And the
soldiers went away.
When / went out found soldiers moving
in all directions, and many times heard the
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 SO near being shot on the day
before, but they could find him no more
readily than they did the other.