The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-03


and the gray-bearded chief warder, de-
spite his unwonted irritation, was not
disposed to make this a case for the
governor -..-- -...
a prisoner Of your station and edu-
cation" he said. is expected to keep a
civil tongue in his head even when
A.3fs temper IS q, little tried. Perhaps
twenty-four hours solitary confinement
with plain fare. viii be long enough for
you to get this lesson by heart
AS penalties are given out, this was
a, mild one; many a man has been tied
70 the triangIes for a hot retort upon
. warder.
Fairfax, then. instead Of returning to
his own cell. was hauled away to
'chokey-" Chokey, the punishment
cell, is no longer the black hole" Of
the old days. but it is very still and
dismal, and twilight TeiEns there
through all the gaudy moons of sum-
ner. A deal plank is the only furni-
ture; there is nothing to read, and
plain is a generous description of
the fare. ChOkey was unusually full
that day (thanks, in the main. to old
Remnants examDlc), or The EDartment
which had been assigned to Fairfax
might have been sealed, for particular
reasons.
AS he took in its solid proportions,
his eye growing reCOnCiled to the murk.
his spirit within him did Cbesiance to
the genius of old Remnant. What
man, TO have elUded such a fascness,
Fairfax examined the iron-plated door,
sounded the cement flooring with his
foot, and smOte the walls softly with
his hand. How was it dOne2 Had old
Remnant bTibed his waTdeT after all2
If nCt, then the annals of prison break
ing held no feat worthy Of place with
this.
It struck Fairfax as curious that the
walls facing the door, which appeared
to be OF granite, were not Whitewashed
like the other walls, but he rendered
that these cells were scarcely out of
the hands of the convict builders.
A trap in the door fell inwaTds. and
dinner was served One pound of bread
with water; the sybarites i'm the ordi-
nary cells were feaSting on SIeWed NUT
ton and hot potatoes FairfaX stretched
himself upon his plank and cCu-em-
plated the luxury of a MONDAY steep.
He had eaten only half his bread, and
he was hungry: but he was also yeaEICr
than he had supposed, and sleep came
As he slept he dreamed that a voice
rose from beneath him, and even in his
dreamed he was conscious that he turned
over and strained his ear. Then the
voice grew clearer, and 1t said. close
to him and quite plainly; Remnant.
Sill dreaming. he beheId "OId" Rem
uant living in "A SWOOn on a narrow, spiral
stairway, between two walls, and II was
pitChy dark Dreaming; ne arose 1Ilu
CROPPED his way dOWnWards, touched Rem
nant. and passed him. until, at a bend IN
the spiral passage, he saw. far below, a
point of light like a pin hole. He cried
aloud cheerily, and awoke-
He must have slept away ten hours OF
his sentence for the cell was as black as
the stairway of his dream, and ne
could see the twinkle or the gas IN tht
corridor Hearing the warder coming on
his round, he lay still upon his plank.
If he had known at that moment mat
he was in the cell from which Old KEN
uant had escaped the night before
The warder passed and returned along
Then Fairfax sat up and listened,
certain that call was coming. 1t came
rising IS it had risen in his dream
from some spot beneath him Scarcely
audible at first II mounted HIsHel' 'i'iU
became a distinct cry Oh
Remnant Old Remnant.
ITS the man himself SAID talrLdA'
No. bs ms and the cry was repeated:
Remnant Old Remnant 49,
IL was no SpOok- + alIlaA XII" IN
voice. old Remnant, alive. but sim
frnDrisoned lay somewhere underneath
The warder had evidently heaIu I n ~
ing: the voice had MADE no Souilff "
vcnd the ribbed and plated door OF tHe
When the warder had passed a second
time Fairfax slid down from his PLANK
~ ma vent cautiously on hands and
knees over the narrow area on tHe l 1T1,o,,
pressing il closely. lnch py lncH- -
ne moved DOLll Aetllil1 SL1
face Of the granite wall But what ne
looked for he did not ind.
re spent half an hour az ms LsShii
creeuinE back to his plank az the SCUM
~ he Tarder-s foot; and twice again ne
heard 20 a. Remnant calling 90. 49,
For a , st move, Wien .He t-,i-fs,- -
hack close against the granite wall ana
edged his way. inch by inch, along l1.
midway beside the two SIDE WIS ~, ~
.,,eU at his hack seemed to give lie idld
aIS his weight against IT, ana the SIaii NJ
sank behind him ike a cusnlon uF.liils
fbst gave. and the solid wall opened TO
his touch. 49,. 49,, ,,-f-
THE mystery was solved; the Two PTS
1,,-srs had hauDened on a secret spring
which DO finger had found for 600 years