New-York tribune., 1884-10-12

Nettie. they tore her oruelly. Frank, fighting
bravely. wa, thrown down and mangled. whIic TWO
fierce dogs with yelping grows fastened te'i iany
i'm bis own flesh. Then Captain Hilton, pnnine hs
BODY 10 the ground with bayonet. shouted !. ies
him lie there, tho damned Niger. hoh teacn W."
Otlcfs how 10 run y ~, -. -. =.
in his ears u MEALS dream became partly roSit,'
There were groans and shrieSs OF human pain. hdx,
ing night hideous, but they were not the woes y,
Nete aud Frank. That was surely IN IN shneki
Aud was not that the growing OF dogs vosy in
mangiing sOmcthngl
Presently above these bloodcurdlIng sounds rose q
voice each convict knew.
" Haul OF the dog! Don't let the damned Niger
die too quick" ,
The honor-strcken creatures within heard hide.
sIarlmg and struggling ana thcn rose moans
and curses most horrible ONcals blood ran cold
from his heart of despair. The man was cangst
HIS brave effort but opened the way 10 irigntiui
,lo,th Ii uuhlmpcred and alone he could not es-
cape how could O'Neal with these two children
clinging 10 hn dare to attempt lt' Ana YET he
must; If the children were Wiling 10 rsk iho
danger they should 90 with him. Even Tor them.
better the most terrible death than continuance OF
this life. . ,.
the nIan outside. ONeal pressed his hands on Dig
o. steel that yesterday had rewarded his perpetuai
searching. Every instant since that one when tie
blacksmith had welded his maDace. he had kept hrs
eyes always sfcking something. anything. that
could be utilized 0s an instrument 10 ana escape
And Yesterday. picking away ia the tunnel. ne Lao
seen though covered with coat dust, som-thing
unlike coal Watching bis chance, he had sBatched
and concealed hlS bosom. HOW III bucIo
he could not tell II looked like the end OF p'ca.
hut was beaten almost to the thlnnes5 of knite:
Now living in ms bunk covered with the sweat Ok
horror called forth by the agoncs oi the victim out
side O'Neal remembered how two weeks ago. diif'
ing the blacksm tbs ague ht, Fam Booii. who was -
blacksmith by trade had been ordered To the shnp
Perhaps then he had fashioned th!s steel tor t"e
beating Ne had aiicrward received hah Desh lor .
broken pick. And perhaps after using u ne had cas-
III the tunnel that some other wrrtcn might srek
the freedom to gam which his lie han p'en saorI-
fced Ihcro was something above the human IN
this touch Of kin mess from one who had long iyed
in this fearful camp and thru! OF grltefnl prayer
stirred the soul oil ONeal these PROBABILITIES Came
Where could he conceal this treasure. bought at
such a price boubtle-s IN the morning each con-
yict would be searched He could not conceal It IA
h : clothes. for between the cXhaustihg sweat ana
the perpetual swinging OF the PICK, Ms clothes IN"
become rags equailing those he had seen nDon inc
convicts on the day OF hts arrival. The bedr No;
II might be turnoq and searched on tso
nnrroy SINCE the cs, ape would make the guards
doubly vigIlant O'Neal ran his fingers along tho
huge logs tha; formed the Gel testing with his nas
the cracks IA the wood. Finding one that htted ne
slipped the steel INTO II and softly scratching tbe
wood he covered the crack. As the Day dawhen ITO
examined the place: II looked IKE many othsF
places III the log where the worms had been az work
There he must trust this precious key whlch was I'd
open the way to freedom. In the morning when
swinging from her bunk Ncttie whispered DO
you think Inc Is dead :" Her eyes ed to hold no
mage of that body outslGe-a hie!ess BODY. they
both hoped tor the grOans had ceased.
A. the hour OF exit tor work: ONeal saw that
for infrnsement of rules made him say to Nettie;
" Look the other way; and Ncttle, FAINT with
horror obeyed.
In tie damp mud of the marsh lay what had once
been a man There was vet lIfo IN those ewes. ana
the body literally torn to pieces. sthl breath1i-
The dogs teeth had nangled the face aud the bleed
nr arm, Law helpless There LETT scarcely tho
senblance of a human beng Whip IN hand. the
captain of the guards stood unmovod before his
work SEEING the negroes file out, this beeding
flesh which Yesterday had with them bore bus
burdens seemed TO gather strength and out Oh that
torn mouth words came. 80 -,
Pore devils the voice thick with blood could
hardly articulate "Pd radder be IN de hell whar
Tm gwine dan lib like yer. Curse yer, Cap Hilton
curse yer May yer own blood be de tire ter burn
With an oath and uprased lash Hilton sprang TO
the man. There was nothing to huIt-oniy
mass that on the morrow would he putrid Life.
that spark of the godhead wAs gone.
Where Answer It, ye whose laws put MN ia
that den. And We whose fine linen and purple arc
colored with his blood.
To b. continued.