Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-06


years and amid surroundings That nigh
VOL mako me, as IL did and does man!
good mon, desperate and utterly reck
less.
After u few more romarks of n yer,
| personal and pungent nature tho littli
follow marched OF with II delicious
swaggor and heroic air that had 1
powerful effect upon--the warder wht
had mo up for inspection. / at once
turned TO tho warder and asked, "WhC
is that little fellow" "Thc governor, II
no gaspod out. "If he had only heard
you I" aud then followed pantomimC
that implied something very dreadful.
Then | marched Off to tho doctor aud
next to tho chaplain, who, knowing who
| was, asked mo IL / could read and
write, TO which l mcolily replied, Eyes,
SIR" but apparently being doubtful
upon the point no gave me book. Ask
ing me to read an account Of the battle
of Agincourt, in "A solemn tone of voice
said, "Whon time and place adhere.
writo mo down rs AN ass, " He took tho
book from mo. looked at the open page
ga1ed solnmuly in my face with funny
wagging Of his head, as much MS TO say,
lyon Will come To no good, and fol-
lowed tho little major.
Then my cicoronO took mo into the
main building, filled up 20 tho brim
with what seemed to be little brick and
stone boxes, and hating IN front Of one
said: This is your cell. You must keep
your tinware clean and bright aud keep
your bod and bedding aud your cell in
perfect order ut all times "
Looking around 20 see II it was safe
to talk, he began to question mo rapidly
about my case, and getting no satisfaa-
ton he wound up the questioning with
tho romnrk, 'Woll, you tried to take all
our money over to America; I" then, be.
coming confidential, he told me what
wicked fellows tho other prisoners were,
chiefly because they went to tho gov
ornor ind reported tho officers, charging
thom with maltrentmont aud hullyinn
particularly md knocking them about
generally. OF course the wardels never
did such things. but wero really Of
very lambliko and Rontle nnture. In
order to back mp their lies tho prisoners
would knock their own heads against
tho walls, aud then swear by every.
thing good that some one Of tho warders
had dono It, l said perhaps no had.
Well, he said, perhaps an officer might
give u man "a little clip, but never 80
~ 10 hurt him, and "only in fun. Won
know. l felt ut the time that | would
mover learn TO appreciate Chatham
fun, but on tho very next day was
convinced Of it when u man named
Farrier pulled out from his waistbnnd
u picco of rag, aud, unroling il, pro-
duced two Of his front teeth with the
information that Il certain wartlor. So.
den, had struck him with his fist ia tho
mouth and knocked them out. After
many wise saws and modern in.
stances" he locked me up in tho little
brick and stone box and departed. hav.
ing first Informed mo TINT / would 20
out to labor in tho morning"
l looked about my little box with n
mixture of curiosity and conformation.
Tor the Thought smoto mo with blind.
ing force TINT for ten years at lonst that
little box--S feet q inches In length. 4
feet in height and 3 feet in width with
its floor and roof OF stonc-would be INV
only homc-would be- must be, and no
power could avert my fate
On tho small iron shelf found a tin
dish used by some previous OCCUPANT
and smeared inside and ont with Cruel
There being no water in my lug. when
the men camp In for dinro, I .t