The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14

ton for you," he volunteered, but
would suggest that II ! had little
money to use, 1t might not come amiss."
You shall have it," l said. Money
tells. Without stopping 10 count the
sum, I transferred to him nearly all
had-a pretty good amount altogether.
Il suppose we can depend upon Pedro
to assist us"
Yes, you talk with him, and explain
things" ! had almost forgotten the
peon who had proved so faithful TO us
on our journey.
But what are your plans, If l may
ask?'' he inquired.
L shall escape from here" 1 replied
confidently.
1t had occurred to me that l might
overpower the monk when he came in
the evening, and escape under cover Of
his gown
You speak as If certain of success"
sand Martin. with a smile.
why, do you think they could keep
me here? They are afraid of me- Why
did they not take me when they came
for me this morning. and not leave me
holding the fort?'
And when you get away from here?"
Have two good men besides yourself
let me know where | am to meet you.
We have got to make a bold strike. See
that l can mount instantly. Once l am
on. they won't overtake me-
was carried away with the daring of
my own plans saw Martin grit his
teeth. He was counting the danger
He promised, however. to do all di-
rected. II did seem like a fOolhardy
undertaking TO attempt to escape in the
way l had planned, and to endeavor to
kidnap the senO-ita. but I was ex-
cited-I was Desperate had TO act.
And do not forget the passport"
whispered. as he was about TO leave
Il thing there will be no difficulty
| about It'll FIX It some way" he re-
piled.
lie shrugged his shoulders. looked at
me half incredulOusly, seemed about TO
say something more. then turned and
went out of the room. I securing the
door after him.
| was IN a fever of uneasiness and
! suspense. The minutes dragged YEARLY
along. The guard was changed after a
| while. but / was undisturbed.
| l examined the windows again but
| there was no possibility of escaping by
/ them. / could not go down through the
| floor, nor up through the ceiling. I lis
/ tened with my ear close against the
| wall on my left. and l could hear people
| talking. I knew that the room on my
| right was occupied by a gentleman, for
/ mad on several occasions seen him
/ come and go. AS l could hear no one
| there, l concluded that ne was away.
| 1t seemed possible for me to make an
/ pr1fr inf Lee
| With my pocketknife 1 cut away the
/ plastering over a space OF foot or so
| square below the level of my bed. After
/ doing this I dug the mortar out from
/ between the bricks. finding II not a diff
| cult task. 1 could do it while lying on
my bed. and I worked quietly so as not
/ to alarm the guard OF arouse suspicion
! as to what I was up to.
/ removed one brick. then found It easy
to remove others. Suddenly. while l
was at work, there was noise at my
( door. and I quickly showed my bed
/ against the wall, and rolling over on
/ il, feigned sleep. The door was bolted
so that no one could have entered with
out forcing it,
| Whatever the disturbance was. IL was
only mOmentary. and l was about 10
/ resume my work again when l noticed
a slip Of paper fiuttering on the floor.
| made haste TO secure It. II was
| piece OF note paper, probably torn from
a letter. and on one side 1 made out
| the words ION the Paseo." 1t was evil
| IDENTIFY meant for me. but the informa-
| ton was meager enough.
1 sat on the bed and turned the paper
over and over. scanning it closely; bur
| there was nothing else written on it.
! II l succeeded in escaping. why should
I go out on the Paseo? Tho whole city
/ rode on the Paseo. II was always
| thronged early in the evening As well
! might be seen on the Piazza Mayor or
| at the Palacio de Justicia as on the
| Paseo, for either place would be no less
| public, and as safe for me.
! concluded that Martin had some rea-
son Of his own for naming this spot and
resumed my task OF removing bricks and
| mortar. Only a single row Of bricks
| finally remained between me and the
room adjoining. but as 1t was some
time before evening l showed my bed
against the wall and waited
! When / deemed the hour favorable for
me to attempt to escape. I carefully
removed the outer tier Of bricks thus
making an opening into the adjoining
room. / soon satisfied myself that the
apartment was not occupied. Nervous
" I enlarged the hole sufficiently 70 ad-
nit my body.
One Of the bricks ] had loosened fcll
to the floor with a thud I waited
| breathless, but the noise seemed "a
have attracted no attention. and work
ed my way through the opening.
on the table in the room in whlch !
found myself lay a belt with pistols and
a knife. On a peg driven in the wall a
suit Of clothes. The pistols I threw un.
der the bed. but l took down the clothes
and proceeded to exchange my own coat
for the one I had found
1t was. as I soon discovered. some.
what too small for me. but l could do M
better in the way Of a disguise A wild,
sOmbrero hung near. and this, toe.
appropriated for my own use
II was dark enough. l thought, for me
TO slip out of the room without beirs
recognized. 7 already had my hand or
the door when I heard some one com
ing
Stepping back a little I waited fp1
the person, whoever he might be. tc
pass But instead OF going on. h,
paused outside the door, addressed ;
word or two to the guard. and ther
came into the room
| Fortunately the ploCa urag I,rI. 80.