Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-19

the shell, and The Russian shot did not
come within half . milo Of her.
The sailor stared at her In wide-syed sur
prise
$, ,Yoa e. hay. .s, sssn making INQUIRIES"
II never heard that Il was an English
ship. Tho gaoler. snssred at me and said
he was going to send me after the Ameri-
can v.s's l. x sa e ogs e. h
that 1t was intended to starve me to death
and was sorry had not eaten more at my
last meal. lay down on the shelf OF rock
the asesp enc BY
intensely still. Up to this had always
entered the company Of . little brook that
ran along the side Of the cell farthest from
when I sprang up found myself to the
waist In very cold water / guessed at
once the use OF the levers outside the cell
IN the passage which had noticed in the
the place. and knew now why 1t was that
the prison door was not pierced by one OF
those gratings which enable the gaoler In
tne passage to look into the cell any time
OF night or day. Prisoners have told me
that the uncertainty of an inmate who
never knew when he might be spied upon
added to the horror of the situation, but
the water-tight doors of the Trogzmondofr
are Tree from this feature. and for a very
sinister reason
The channel in the floor through which
the water runs when the cell is empty and
the tunnel at the ceiling through which
the water flows when the cell Is full. give
plenty OF ventilation, no matter how tightly
the door may be closed. The water rose
very gradually until it reached the top
outlet. then its level remained stationary
! foated on the top quite easily, with as
little exertion as was necessary to keep me
In that position. If / raised my head, my
brow struck the ceiling. The next cell to
mine. lower down. was possibly empty.
heard the water pour into it like a little
cataract. The next cell above, and indeed
all the cells in that direction were flooded
IKE my own. OF course, 1t was no trouble
for me to keep afloat: my only danger was
that the intense GOODNESS of the water
would numb my body beyond recovery
Still, had been accustomed to hardships
north. AT last the gentle roar Of the water
fall ceased. and I realized my cell was
emptyfng itself. When reached my shelf
again stretched my limbs back and forth
for wished no sound to give any hint that
! was still alive, II, indeed, sound could
penetrate to the passage, which Is uu-
likely. Even before the last OF the water
had run away from the CELL lay stretched
out at full length on the floor, hoping
might have steadiness enough to remain
dsath-Quiet when the men came In with the
lantern. I need have had no fear. The
door was opened. one Of the men picked me
up by the heels, and. using my legs as If
they were the shafts OF wheelbarrow,
dragged me down the passage to the place
where the stream emerged from the last
cell, and Into this torrent he flung me.
There was one swift, brief moment OF dark
ness then shot. feet first into space, and
dropped down. down, down through the air
mother
Into what?" cried Dorothy, white and
hraathless. thinking the recital Of these
a&onies had turned the mans brain.
The Baltic. madam. is the Finlander's
mother II faada him in life carries him
whittier he wishes to go, and every true
F1nlander hopes to die in her arms. The
Baltic seemed almost warm after what I
had been through, and the taste Of the salt
ON my lips was good. 1t was 4 beautiful
starlight night in May. and noated around
the rock. for knew that in a cove on the
eastern side. concealed from all view Of the
sea, lay Finland fishing boat, craft
that will weather any storm, and here in
the water was a man who knew how to
handle 1t. Prisoners are landed on the
eastern side and such advantage is taken
Of the natural conformation of this pre-
cipitous rock. that man climbing the
steep zigzag stairway which leads to the
inhabited portion Is hidden from sight of
hundred yards away. Nothing seen from
the outside gives any token of habitation.
The fishing boat, I suppose. Is kept for
cases of emergency, that the governor may
feared 1t might be moored so securely that
could not unfasten 1t. Security had made
them careless. and the boat was tied merely
by lines to rings in the rock, the object be-
ing to keep her from bruising her sides
against the stone. rather than to prevent
any one taking her away. pushed her out
into the open, got quietly inside, and fioated
with the swift tide. not caring to raise
sail until was well out OF gunshot dis
lance. Once clear of the rock spread can
vas and by daybreak was long out Of sight
OF land. I made for Stockholm, and there
being no mark or name on the boat to
that If he1OnQad TO the Russian W
eminent. had little difficulty in selling It.
told the authorities what was perfectly
true: that was Finland sailor escaping
from the tyrant of my country. and anxious
to get to America. AS such events are
happening practically every week along the
Swedish coast I was not interfered with,
and got enough money from the sale of the
boat to enable me to dress myself well and
take passage to England, and from there
f1rst-class to New York on a regular liner.
"Of course I could have shipped as a
sailor from Stockholm easy enough, but l
was tired of being a common sailor, and