Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27

could hardly see That was q few minutes
aEo. Now ! am here, and starving. Where
Is tAis prison.
Like ,he mikado. as Kate would say, the
authorities are bent on making the punish
ment tit the crime. You are in the roc.
OF the Baltic which you tirec at with that
gun OF yours. / told YOU those suave Off
Gals at s., Petersburg were playing with
you.
But why have they put you here, Jack?'
on, | was like9t~'s good dog Tray, VINO
associated with questionable company, =
suppose. and thus got into trouble.
Il n sorry
You ought 10 be glad. I'm going to get
out OF this place, and l don't believe you
could break gaO, unassisted, in twenty
years Here is where science confronts
brutality. ! say. Drummond, bring your
table over Go the corner and mount II,
then NC can talk without shouting. Not
much chance of any one outside hearing
US, even II We 90 clamOr, but this is a damp
situation, and load talk is bad for the
throat Cut slice OF that brown breau
and lunch with me. You'll Hud 1t not half
bad, as you say in England especially
when You are hungry Now continued
Jack, as mis- friend stood opposite him and
they found 10y experiment that their com
hlueI reach Was not long enough to en-
able them 10 shake hands through the bars
now. While yOu are !uXuriating in the
menu ot the TTogzmondoff, I'll give you
sketch OF my plan for escape"
DO, said Drummond
III happen 70 nave with me a pair Of bot
ties containing substance which, If dis
solved iu water, and sprinhled on this rock
Will dlslu,eErsta ID. II proves rather slow
work. ! must admit. ugt ! intend 10 float
into sou one OF the bottles and the anna
ratu-. $50 that YOU may help me on your
side. which plan has the advantage of Civ
ing you useful occupation. and allowing us
TO complete our task I'm half the time like
the engineers Oh each side " the Simplou
tunnel
~ there are bars in the lower water
course, objected drummonC won't YOU
run "A risk OF breaking your bottle against
them2'
Not tine slightest I have just sent that
much thinner electric lamp through. but
in this case n just tie up the bottle and
squirt gun IN my stocking attach that TO
the wire. and the current Will do the rest
You can unload and III pull my stocking
back again. II ! dared wrench of a table
leg could perhaps shove bottle and
syringe through 10 YOU from here, but the
material would come TO "a dead center In
the middle OF this tunnel. unless / had Il
stick 10 push il within Your reach.
Very we'll, well wurt. away uutn or
excavation connects, and We have made It
OF sGhcient diameter for you 10 squeeze
through. You are then In my cell We
put out our lights. and you conceal your
self behind the door. Gaoler and man with
the lantern come in. You must be very
careful not TO close the door, because Il
you once shove II shut we can't open II
from this side even though II is unlocked
and the bolts drawn. 1t fits like wax and
almost Theoretically seals the room You
spring forward. and deal the gaoler with
your fist one of your justly celebrated
English knockdown blows, Immediately
after telling the man with the lantern.
knowing something OF the weight OF your
blow. / take it that neither OF the two
men will recover consciousness until We
have taken on their outer garments. Sc
cured revolvers and keys. Then we lock
them in. you and l on the outside"
My dear Jack. we don't need any tunnel
TO accomplish that. The FIRST time these
two men come into my room l can knock
them down as easily here as there"
Il thought of that, and perhaps you
eopld, but you must remember we have
only one shot + you made mistake;
II the lantern man belted and fired his
pistol. and once closed the door-he would
not need 10 pause TO lock it--why, we are
done for l should be perfectly helpless
in the next room, and after the attempt
they'd either drown US CIR put us into
worse cells as far apart as possible
II dor't think / should miss fire. said
Drummond. confidently still, l see the
point and will obey orders
MY official position on the rock. ever
since / arrived. has been that or electrical
tutor-in-chief TO the governor. | have
started his dynamo wori:ing, and have
wired such portions Of the place as were