Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1893-04-21

the guards careless. but if the prison
err is found guilty be ore then, why.
work at once. Before leaving, Wea-
| yer said: If you are true to us you
will be taken care OF. and if you amt
ri find you if you're on Top OF this
green earth" And. with a look that
made the German SILVER the scout
left
| As the days went by Mabel thought
| she would go mad. Her father was
fortunately laid up with the govt. ard
Charlotte looked with wonder and
alarm at her sisters pale face marked
with frequent tears. She was soon
apprised of the cause. but she had too
little force of character to DO more
than sympathize with the sufferer:
She poor girl, was stricken down by
| note from Joseph Galloway. telling
her that on the 18th Capt. Campbell
had been tried by court martial as a
spy, convicted and sentenced to die,
and they only wanted Cen Howe's ap-
prevail and beyond all doubt this
would be given after Christmas day,
and the sentence carried out at once.
But that night there came tidings
that gave her hope. She tottered into
the garden. sustained by Cassie and
there behind the old box bushes stood
a tall man. who introduced himself as
Lieut. McClain. We've no time to
waste. Miss Bennett; but l think be-
yond all doubt our friend Philip will
not spend his Christmas day in WAL
nut street Jail. Keep up your spirits
I'll leave Weaver here to make all ar
rangements- Good by. and God bless
you.'
The scout quickly made his arrange
ments Cassies brother ''Noke'had a
pass to haul hay from the Paint mead
ows. near Bridesburg. and on the
morning of thu 24th he started off, his
hard hand pressed by his mistress and
with the injunction from Cassie that
'shod smash him if he made any mis-
take" But Nol<e was as true as steel
and knew what he had to do. His big
wagon body was covered by strong oak
Stats. and on these the hay was to be
piled. leaving the wagon bed empty.
He quickly got to the meadow and be-
gan to load. and about 4 o'clock Eve
men came creeping along the bank.
'All right Noke. We're ready"
And they crawled under the hay the
tail board was put in and Noke started.
The men were Lieut. McClain and four
soldiers, one of course being Weaver
Back of the prison on Prune street
was blue frame tavern kept by a
Scotch Irishman named Bates. He
was a staunch patriot but kept his own
counsel and his place was quite re-
sort for the Irish soldiery of the Brit
ish army. At this time the greatest
part of the English had LETT the city,
intending to surprise Washington at
White Marsh, and those that remained
we're enjoying themselves in anticipa-
ton of Tomorrow festivities.
Bates knew all about the enter
prise and when the wagon drove un-
der the she'd unlocked stable door.
and the party stepped in, finding abun-
dant food awaiting them. It was an
excellent night for the enterprise
warm and foggy.
The old prison stood on the south
east corner Of Sixth and Walnut
streets. and extended back to Prune.
where the wall was twelve feet high.
On the east was stable belonging to
tho mansion on Walnut street. owned
by the Hazelhurst family. Grobe had
been steadfast and Philip awaited
Christmas eve with feverish eager
ness.
About midnight Bates whispered:
Now men. the streets clear and it's
raining In a moment they were
up McClain in the lead carrying a
short ladder. The fog was 50 thick
that one could scarcely see across the
street Quickly the stable roof was
gained and then they waited for the
signal
In the prison the guards were en-
joylng themselves. Some one had
furnished plenty of liquor. and the
wretched inmates. starving and de-
spalring: could hear the noise and
:evelry as they lay on the stone floors
trying to sleep. Campbell had not
been locked up. but was slowed away
IN cellar full of firewood. Just as
the state house bell struck / Christ
mas morning man with a lantern
came in. Now. Cal tain. quick. :"
They stole out into the yard. The
black demons who were the hangmer
of the place were bowling like wild
beasts from their quarters on the
Sixth street side, but not a guard was
abroad. In the southeast corner of
the yard were number Of hogsheads.
and on these Philip mounted and his
guide disappeared.
Philip gave low hist and in a
second something scraped on the wall;
it was knotted rope. Hand over
hand he went until he was grasped by
the collar and violently hauled over
the parapet and his heart gave q
bound as he heard McClaim's voice in
his ear #
Like cats the entire party descend.
ed. Noke was in the street with the
wagon. Enough hay lay over the
standards to conceal the party, and
they quickly crawled inside. There
was plenty of danger ahead. but it was
near morning and very dark. and but
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