Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-04-26

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answer.
We'll. where can one orde? car
rage tonight without going clear to
9town?" inquired Gray. Il want-one;
that isl wish to order one at once"
And the driver, who knew very well
there were several places where car
riages could be had, preferred loyalty
to his own particular stable away in
town, and so declared there was none
"You can telephone there, if you
wish. sir" he added.
and wait till morning for it to get
here? No. I'll get it-somehow.
And that he did get it somehow was
current rumor on the following day,
for the sentries on the guardhouse side
of camp swore that a closed carriage
drove down from McAllister street for
all the world as though it had just
come out of the park and rolled on past
the back of the guardhOuse, the driver
loudly whistling Killarney so that
It could be heard above the crunching
of the wheels through the rough, loose
rock that covered the road, and that
carriage drew up not a hundred yards
away, while the lieutenant was out Wis
iting sentries and presently they saw
him coming back along the walk,
stopping to question each sentry as to
his orders. Then he returned and in
quired if all was quiet among the pris-
oners, and then went and put out his
light in the tent reserved for the Of
ficer of the guard, and once more left
his post, briefly informing the sergeant
of the guard he was going to the officer
of the day. Then it was ascertained
that he had visited half dozen places
in search of that veteran captain and
appeared much disturbed because he
could not find him. In half an hour he
was back, asking excitedly of the
sentry in rear of the guardhouse if
carriage had come that way. 1t had,
said the sentry, and was waiting down
the street. Gray hurried in the direc-
ton indicated, was gone perhaps three
minutes and returned, saying that the
sentry must be mistaken, that no car
riage was there. But the sentry reit-
Grated his statement that it had been
there and had been waiting for some
time, and must have disappeared while
he was temporarily around at the oppo-
site side Of the building. This was
about II p. III.
Then when Gray appeared at reveille
Morton had disappeared
Its not the sergeant let them fellers
out" said the regimental oracles.
This is no ten-dollar subscription
business" And so until late in the
afternoon the question that a9itated
the entire range Of regimental camps
twas: How did those fellows break
away from the prison Of the -teenth?'
Then came cIew, and then-discovery
By order Of Lieut.. Col. Canker a
board Of officers had been convened to
investigate the matter, and after ques-
tioning every body whom "Squcers" had
already bad9ered with his assertions.
threats and queries, they Went to the
guardbause and began thorough in
spectiou Of the premises. The wooden
building stood III the midst Of a waste
OF sand blown in from the shore line by
lille strong sea wind. il was perched
en- something like a dozen stout posts
driven iHto tho soft soil ald then the
spree between the floor level and the
sand Was heavily and stoutiy boarded
ia-Ihick p.aubs being used. Between
tile floor aud tile sand was space Of
aboat IS inches vertical and a dozen
meu could have spravlea thcre.n-ly-
mo a ful leueth-aut 80. escape would
have required the counhaueo oi enc or
more 3 tile soutries surrounding the
binding and the ripping Of Of enc or
more of the plank>. III his Keen anxiety
Causer accompanied the board on its
tour of tigation-a thing the
board did not at all like-and present.
Ii. as was his wont. began running
things his own way. It had been found
useless TO question the soldiers of the
guard. Not a man could he found to
admit he knew the faintest thing about
the escape. As for the prisoners, most
of them reckless, devil-may-care ras-
Gals, they grinned or leered suggestive
ly, but had nothing tell.
Well have this boarding ripped off"
said Canker, decisively, land see what