Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-08

\" line of defense at least, and s5S I at once proceeded to real fze it. As walked from the draw bridge along the moat to the back of the castle I wondered if it was prac- ticable; but, remembering what oid Kesteyen had said of his predecessors experiment some forty years before, l had great hopes that the sfuices would still work. The brook ran, as you Will remember, behind the castle. at little distance from it. and I found without ] difficulty the mouth of the conduit 1 which had been formerly used to feed l the fosse. I inserted my arm as far i .as possible, and the space seemed fair ] r clear. though the earth had crept ln and lay along the bottom, grown wftn ' grass to the depth of some lncnes. !. SfsH had no fear that the flow or yater would not wash this sediment away, provided always l could get the 7 uluices up. To find these sluices was my next thought. I moved along the turf in the direction in which it seemed that the culvert must run. serutinlzins very carefully every inch of the Rrosnd. About three feet from the stream was a noticeable elevation, grass plot rising in a mound two feet high. Here was obviously what l wanted, and so, taking spade, l dug , with a will and soon. had the turf re- moved and the floor of stone erection laid bare. It was a good hours work
 .lo oA thu rI1hhiSh AWAY 7 sufficiently to free the sluices; then laid hands on them and pulled vigorr ously. but fruitIessly. ! must plainly have assistance. and accordingly. well z enough content with my 1abors so far, I went back TO the house. At break 2 fast revealed my scheme. much to the delight of Sheppard, who roundly declared that he would give five years of his life for this adventure. Support ]: ed by two enthusiastic assistants, l re- tslrned to work. fetching with me -heavy iron bar for use as lever. : "A little more beef. Montgomery, : shouted Sheppard, and himself grew as red as a turkey cock with his ef- forts. Montgomery flung his heavy body upon rhe extremity of the bar, and with a crack something came up with ie-t. At the same time I heard below a faint rumbling and rushing as of water.
 .We'ye done it." I shouted, and ere the words were out of my mouth Shep' pard and the other were racing for the r,oat wEither they presently waved ne r-ith wild hasiss-s-rog-, .s:r
 The water was pouring from the con duif in strong stream fully one foot in thickness. That was enough. It would take some hours to fill the moat, but it might take all day so long as we were secured by the fall of night. We left the sluices up and went back.
 s 'The next thing" said I. ''is to attack tine drawbridge. The pOrtcullis wants :. oil. but that will do later"
 ..s ~weIl have the castle Q mediaeval fortress in a twinkIing," said Shep- pard.
 The heavy chains of the drawbridge were intact. but the machinery was in very bad way. and without more ado we set io work upon it. I called my man Williams into requisitiOn. and think it took the four Of us till t or o'clock in inc evening ere we pro, nouncei ourselves satisfied. After that we had rehearsal with both port cullis and dra bridge. By this time tbe nloat was swimming with water which Iapped under the shoulders oi inc bridge. There must have been ful lr twelve feet of water iD the fOsse.
 This won't do We'll have an inun dation." said Montgomery, and he le the sIuIces down. When all was done VI surveyed our handiwork and were con 2 tent. IL was now close upon \ o'clock
 Dinner had been ready for more thai half an hour. 90 we were informed D! Mrs. Main. who must have regardec US as lunatics. The clock in the ha! struck s as we entered.
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 We looked at each other. laughing Its my turn" said Sheppard, with vrimace. but stopped him.
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