The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-06-14
CHAPTER XII.

10 Doll again.
The old trick. Ha: hal don't know
ity Says Mr.. Frere.
We'll. we caught him and gave hin
fifty. Then he was sent to the chain
gang. cutting timber. Then we put him
into the boats. but he quarreled with
the coxswain, and then We took him
back to the timber RATS. About six
weeks ago he made another attempt
together with Gabbett. the man who
nearly killed you-but his leg was
chsfed with the irons. and we took him
Gabbett and three more. however. got
away"
Just then some one came up the gar
den path and saluted
What Is It. Troke7~
Prisoner given himself up. sir. Cab
bett- He came back tonight He's
down at the sheds. You can see him at
once. gentlemen. If you ike"
II was not far TO the sheds. and after
few minutes walk through the wood
en- palisades they reached a long stone
building. two stories high. from which
issed a horrible growing pierced with
shrilly screamed songs. At the sound
Of the musket butts clashing on the pine
wood Tagging. the noises ceased. and
silence more sinister than sound fell on
the pisce.
Passing between two rows Of warders.
the two officers reached sort Of ante
room to the jail, containing a pine-log
stretcher. on which a mass Of some
thing was lying On a roughly made |
stool. by the side Of this stretcher sat
man in the gray dress Of good con
duct" prisoners This man held be-
tween his knees basin containing Cruel |
and was apparently sndeavoring 70 feed |
The mass on the pine logs.
'-Gabbett.'
The intelligent Troke. considerably
alive 10 the wishes of his superior OH
GERS, dragged the mass into a sitting
posture. and awoke it.
Gabbett-for il was he-passed one
great hand over his face. and. leaning
exactly in the position In which Troke
had placed him. scowled. bewildered. AT
his visitors
We'll. Gabbett." says yickers. you've
come back again. you see. When will !
you learn sense. Ell? Where are your
mates 2
Dead says Gabbett.
Why don't you eat your zrueI.''
Il have eaten it, Amt yer got nuf- |
hn' better nor that TO fog a man on?
Ugh. yer a mean lot. Wot's il TO be |
this time. major? Fifty."
nice specimen said yickers. with
| hopeless smile what can one do
With such a fellow?"
I'D fog his soul out of his BODY
aid Frere- If he spoke to me ike !
hat"
The giant raised his great head and
BOXED AT the speaker. but did not rec il
gnize him He saw only a strange 4
ace-a visitor, perhaps 'You may n
og. and welcome. MASTER said he. | 7
If you'll give me a fig o. tfbbacky.- "
'rere laughed The brutal Indifference | Il
the rejoinder suited his humor. and. | b
18th a glance at yickers. he took a d
nail piece Of cavendish from the pock- in
of his pea jacket. and gave to the to
convict Gabbett snatehed Ie
as a cur snafches at a bone. and | pr
rust it whole into his mouth. ca
How many mates had he?v asked T,
aurice, watching the champfng laws do
one looks at a strange animal and kr
king the question as though mate. la,
rs something a convict was born with
like a mole. for instance. Of
Three, sir" -
Three Ell? Well. give him thirty Tn
she's, yiekers-" -.
And IL | ha' had three more" xrovI- rio
Gabbett, mumbling at his tobacco. t;r
on wouldn't ha' had the Chance ore
As he sat there gloomily chewing. he Tn
s spectacle TO shudder at. Not 40 min
lch on account Of his natural hideous- mi
IS. increased a thousandfoId by the ~.
II l
cred him Not so much on account Co.
his unshaven jaws, his hare-lip. his the
and bleeding feet, his haggard has
eks. and his huge, wasted frame. az
only because, looking at the animal. | eur
he crouched, with one foot curled | bori
nd the other, and one hairy arm vicf
dent between his knees he was 90 tho,
rlbly unhuman. that one shuddered 10 ken
TX that tender women and fair chill slac
must, OF necessity, confess to feI- ed.
snip % Ainu WIN suen monster. to q
also because. In his slavering mouth. log
slowly grinding jaws, his restless app.
ers, and his bloodshot. wandering IL "
J. there lurked hint Of some terror as 4
e awful than the terror Of starvation oner
memory OF a tragedy played ont in he Z
gloomy depths of that forest which recti
'omiteo DIN Iorth a2ain-and the | w0ul
low of this unknown horror. cling after
to him, repealed. as though be bore and
IT with him the reek Of the sham swar
stern
,ome." said yickers, a1et US 20 hsck Tn
all have to fog him again. I sup- Daw
Oh this placed No wonder fbsx watc
II hens Gates. for Il
ialloo, what's that red light there. decid
)awes' fire on Grumnet Rock - erino
vickers. going in; ''the man / told the \
about" the ]
borin
70 or three mornings after the a. as ca
Of the Ladybird, the solitary prb,- from
Of the Grummet Rock noticed mva. Mr. ?
Is movements along the shore Of ible.
land settlement. The building u a the m
or breakwater. running from the swell
IN point OF the settlement, was flung
1tinued; and all hands appeared He
occupied with the newly built ike a
y, which was lying on the Sins. attsm
Is Of soldiers also daily left the ment
bird. ard assisted ut the mysterious head
M progress as the
ortnight after this. about the 18th caugh
cembtr. he observed another curi- water