The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-09-13

or, got i to burning enough to place our
precious pan On 10 boil. We stirred in the
meal and -four, and seasoned with salt, while
swimming around, IS we stirred, could be seen
the solitary and diminutiye piece OF tripe,
on which ali eyes were centered. Finally
tie boiling water caused small gl0bules Of fat
70 Goat around the edge Of the pan, which
Virgins Ia ecstasy declared was just sufficient
10 give il favor. Well. we enjoyed that French
bouilIon. and divided up the tripe so that each
one cot small piece, although Lauterman
said ID was not fit 10 eat, and that they always
threw that part away at home. There was
another occurrence that / think worthy Of
mention, and one that for boldBess and in
geuuiIv Or execution ast0Eished everyone N
our underground habitatiOn. One night, early,
while ] was reading in the Testament to the
other four occupants, / was interrupted by a
prisoner coming down into our hole In the
ground and asking rs II we did not want some
meat Ws ali answered IN chorus, Yes
+" Well said he, II you want some, aud have
got tlc HerVB 10 take il, I'll tel you where il
IS" or course we desired 10 know and he
proceeded 10 tell. and after be had finished tell
inc where "a was aud who il belonged to, none
81 as seemed quite so willing or anxious to get
possession Of the much coveted meat. because
it was certain death if detected in the act Of
stealing it But there was one little red head
e.. 1reeElel faced prisoner IN our hole that
listened atleltiyely 10 the story, and after ask
5Bg few questions, 70 which none Of rs paid
any attention, johnny Smith, lOT that was bis
naEle. said " guess I viii 90 Out for q little
~ Les and BE- crapyled upthrOugh the entrance
g orr underground residence and left US 10
speculate O. auyb3dy's chances Of getting this
hidden treasure % meat, which was described
- Us IS z SIX or "a ght pound piece Of fat pork.
DESPERATE CHANCES
There was 10 the prison FIVE or six desperate
characters handed together, and they were
kuoHB throughout tie prison as Rangers"
Ihe Rangers were not located together in one
tent 5g Division, but seemed 10 have an under
stan ling with each other that they would prey
Of tic other prisoners, which they did by way
laying &c night afiy poor fellow they happened
~ CAteh out after dark, even going so far in
gone cses a. murder their victim for the little
va,uables be might have. One or two Of these
Rangers had their quarters IN the top story
81 the large building, which had a half
circle opening IN front, directly over which
projected a beam on which had been at
tGcbcd q blDck-and-tackle for the purpose
81 BOOSTING sacks or other articles. This
haif- .rcui4r door was Ia a line with the two
large square doors on the stories below, the
cue o. Tic lTst floor being the front and main
entrance ~ the building; there also being two
large stone steps you had 10 ciimb before enter
ing. It was Oh the broad stone step ia front d
this door that two poor prisoners had THEN
brains dashed out, being pushed out OF the
Ups1s tory by these Rangers, who would coax
suy oEg gp there that they knew had rati0ns
about ini, o. anything that was Of any value
for trading Some Of the prisoners made com
piailt 81 1saj. Gee. and he promised that Il
they could arrest and prove any crimes com
uittCa Is thc prisoners they might iudict ans
paH sAuelt they saw ft and he would see the
verdict against said offenders carried out.
8iterHald learned that q vigilance c9mmitte,
was organized, and that they captured tried
ff1ettrsrG ono ra=s ouf threats IN
hang hlt bis execution was delayed unit
Others II lle gang weTc captured and tried, 81
thal they could execute them al together
II Was one Of these Rangers that had the IA
pGrl THAI the prisoner told US shout but whel
We knew who The owner was We did not car
50 much for meat We had been talking o
l8ml ald what we would like 20 eat which
was generally the theme 81 conversation anon
prisoners sil Of whom bad their preference 70
some particular dish. We were trying to sat
ISIS oar stomachs By feasJing IN our imagiua
toas. bBt it was no go the steady, rat-lik
gnawiug ~ an empty stomach always rcmiude
Is sdat we wanted something more suhstautia
than 5.es furnished by cur imagination
LIFTING TIE FAT PORK.
JoAuuy Smith had been out about an hour
something unusual for him. as be was yer
quiet accomplishing aud apparently not ans
ions t0 attract notice, which we attributed
Inoacstv. But he asioHished us that night !
ut-saltE tatL exalted Nlm 70 our opinion an
made him the hero OF an hour As he can
down into the hole bearing d large chunk
fat pork the ike Of which we had neve
dreamed Of seeing in that pen Of starvation
Where and how did you get it?" were Oh
questions put to him. After cautioning us n,
70 say pork quite SO loud, and placing 1t whel
il was out of sight, be said that when he Wel
out TIE prisoner who had come into our DO
took hm down to she lower end Of the prise
and showed him a large Sibley tent, in whic
one Of the Rangers was sleeping, with Il
pork under his head. The pork was close
the edge Of the tent The Ranger had d.
hoe large enough TO lay his treasure i
plae gg piece Of board over IL making pi
los ri lis overcoat, being satisfied that not
ing could touch il. Smith took a look ia q
tent and located the exact spot Oh the outsid
aud sben digging q hole deep enough. tunnel,
into the Rangers excavation, and without di
tuIbiHg him drew out the chunk Of pork al
then made tracks for our underground hon