Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-08-03

Georgia Marshall had not been there
week before. as Mabel confidently pre-
dicted. she was having in abundance
. tetes-a-tete of her own.
1t was the third morning after the as
/ cape of the prisoner Gloss, aud for forty
eight hours nothing else had been talked
of among the soldiers, and nothing had
excited 50 much comment among the
families at the post Up to this moment
not II trace had been found The two
iron Stats in front of his window had
been cut through swiftly and noiseleSsly
from within with watch spring saws and
the tallow and iron filings lay about the
stony window sill. He had been thor
0ughly searched before being put in that
cell. and it was absolutely certain that
neither files nor tallOw were then in his
possession. The guard swore that no
man had had access TO him afterward.
A wire netting prevented anything from
being thrown To him from the outside,
and this had been forced upward and
outward after the bars were cut
The sergeant of the guard was sure
that no man had touched or even spoken
to HIM, except when he himself had
seen his dinner and supper handed III.
/ There could have been no collision on
the part of the sentrieS, for the men on
No. all through the day and night
were of the infantry, and warm friends
IF Brent. who would have lost no chance
of putting bullet through the supposed
assailant in the event of his attempting
to escape. The blacksmith said it would
take several hOurs-at least five-to file
through those two bars, and the man
must have worked with the patience of
a beaver 1t was drop of only seven
feet to the ground without, for the win
dow overlooked rhe uphill slope back of
the guard house; and yet, as he proba-
Div had to come through head first, that
was quite fall The prints Of his out
spread hands were found i'll the dust
heap. and it looked as though he must
have lain there some moments before
stealing away.
The sentry far down by the wood
yards, No. s, stated Tat just as he was
calling off and standing faced to the
east so that his voice might carry to the
guard house. he heard IA sudden sum ole
behind tdm; man tripped over log
between him and the road, then ran like
mad down toward the old station. Ii
was too dark 10 recognize who 1t could
be. The officer Of the Guard had stopped
to interrOgate the sentry & reaching
his post, but Mr.. Hearn had pushed
ahead, and down at the foot of the hill
had plainly heard a horses hOofs and
the light rumble Of wheels crossing the
bridge and going at Il spanking trot;
J vet soldiers returning from pass, rela-
BILE men. had neither seen nor heard
horse or wagon anywhere on the flats
| along which lay the road to town. An
effort had been made to trail the wheel
tracks from the bridge, but. though a
| place was found among the trees near
: the old station where a horse and buggy
had evidently stood for two or three
) hours. it was impossible TO determine
which way they had gone after crossing
the stream, for the farm wagons com
ing from every by road in the morning
had totally obliterated the tracks.
Goss' escape while under charges OF
such grave character was regarded as
tantamOunt to admission of his guilt
Meanwhile Corp. Brents case seemed
to have taken Il turn for the better. and
though there was still danger, there was
hope What struck many inquirers was
the fact that the doctor seemed i'll at
ease. and invariably eYaded the ques-
ton. when pressed AS to the nature OF
Brpnt's dpiiIiWn. THIS. of course. sim
ply served to whet public curiosity: and
the Young soldier became. all uncon-
sciously. an object OF greater interest
than ever. The ladies of the infantry
who had known him by sight some time
were certain that from the very first he
had borne al the outward appearance OF
II gentleman, and III every word and
gesture had given the world assurance
of a man of birth and breeding Then
sisters Of the cavalry, who had but re
Gently reached Fort Ryan, were not SLOW
in accepting their theories.