The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-01
CONTINUED
CHAPTER xxx.
MORE DEVILRY


There was no fastening TO the door Of
my cabin, but on passing my hand over
the place where fastening might have
been expected q fake of soft substance
caught in my finger nail and dropped TO
the floor. This, when l picked 1T up
proved TO be pellet of bread kneaded
to the consistency of putty or dough.
Taking the swing lamp from its bracket
examined the door more closely and
saw that there had once been q fastss.----
ing of some sort--DA closer examination
convinced me that the person who had
removed the fastening had been to the
mains of plugging the empty screw holes
with kneaded bread, after which he had
apparently rubbed dirt smeared fingers
over the place where the fastening had
been in order TO hide the marks left by
removal.
When l picked out the bread plugs
which had only recently been put III, as
they were still DAMP saw that the
screw holes were clean inside. although
there were tiny rings Of dirt on the out-
side where the roughened edges had
brushed against the fingers and collected
whatever il was which had been smear
ed upon them.
Very softly l opened the door and
looked at the other SHE. where, as / ex-
pected, [ found a bolt. A moments ex-
animation satisfied me that 1t was the
very bolt which bad been on the inside,
and that it had only recently been placed
where it was.
"There is some devilry in this" l
said to myself. even if the bolt had
not been recently changed, l should
strongly object TO be anywhere where
Mullen could fasten me in il he had
mind to. / shall have to take out these
screws one by one with my penknife and
make each hole SO large that the screws
don't bite. Then I'll replace them, and
the whole concern will look as 1T was
before But if Mullen should fasten me
in. one good kick will fetch the bolt OIL
and let me out. Z"
The Job was tedious and lengthy, for
/ had to work in silence and with
pepkuife in place of screwdriver. But
/ got through ii at last, and having bar
ricaded the door from the inside as best
could / pulled out the paper which
had fallen from Mullen's pocket.
A glance was sufficient to satisfy me
that nv find was no less than the latter
mart of another manifesto, printed like
previous manifestoes in rude capitals
and bearing the well known signature
"By order, Captain Shannon.
1t was evidently an attempt to still
mn for his own ends and purposes thu
disloyalty of the discontinued Irish, ant
by protesting to champion their caus
to enlist their sympathy and co-opera
tion in the war which was being waget
against England. Here is the documen
itself:
eff England have annexed Irelan'
because she is smaller and lies near
then might France with equal justic
annex England, for Ireland lies no near
er to England than England to France
ireland is no mere pendant to Eng
land, like Anglesea or the isle Of Wight
she is "a separate and different country
scarcely smaller in size, complete i
herself and peopled by nation of diff
ferent creed, different temperament an
different race.
"The Celt shall not be ruled by th
ltutDl lut ltuNOn ny tbN Sclt'
"God gave Ireland her independents
when he cut her off from England an
separated the two countries by dividin
seas.
"And they whom God has set asunde
let no man join.
"But you have joined US to yourse
in the union of bondage and oppression
and when we cry out under our bondae
"a bondage which, were the cases n
versed, England would be as little read
to tolerate as Ireland--how do you me-
our righteous demands?
"By trying to humor as as a woma
seeks to humor q troublesome child
whom she losses toy. BY sending us
what you dare not insult the Scotch
sending to Sootland-a sawdust fgur
of which you hold the strings, who is
play at being king and holding court
please MS. But we-ah, God, was ev
no unreasonable a people?-we 90 y
shipper and dance TO the fiddliuo OF 81
dummy king, who 10 not even 81 2
own choosing. for We are un9rncio
onoueh to remember that We have
our midst men a oldss linsaos and
bieg blosd than ~