The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-25
Continued from yesterday

The governor, however, became so I
forgot his caution. unlocked a door I
and took Lermontoff into q room which /
he saw was the armory and ammuni-
ton storehouse Of the prison. On the
floor of this chamber the governor
pointed out large battery of accumu-
lators and asked what they were for.
Lermontoff explained the purposes Of
the battery, meanwhile examining it
thoroughly and finding that many Of
the cells had been az but ruined In
transit through the falling away Of
the composition in the grids. Some
thing like half of the accumulators,
however, were intact and workable.
These he uncoupled and brought into
the dynamo room, where he showed
the governor the process of charging.
He saw in the storeroom box con-
tanning incandescent lamps. coils Of
silk covered wire and other material
that made his eyes glisten with de-
light. He spoke in German.
''If you will give me a coil of this
wire, one or two of the lamps and an
accumulation, or indeed, half a dozen
of them, I will trouble you no more
for candles"
The governor did not reply at the
moment, but a short time after asked
Lermontoff in Russian how long it
would be before the accumulators were
charged. Lermontoff stated the time,
and the governor told the jailer to
bring the prisoner from the cell at that
hour, and so dismissed his instructor.
One feature of this interview which
pleased Lermontoff was that, however
much the governor became absorbed
| in these lessons, he never allowed him
self to remain alone with his prisoner.
1t was evident that In his cooler mo-
ments the governor had instructed the
jailer and his assistant to keep ever at
the heels of the prince and always on
the alert. Two huge revolvers were
thrust underneath the belt of the Jail
er, and the lantern holder was SINH
larly armed. Lermontoff was pleased
with this, for If the governor had
trusted him entirely, even though he
demanded no verbal parole, it would
have gone against his grain to strike
down the chief, as he ruthlessly intend
ed to do when the time was ripe for it,
and in any case, he told himself, no
matter how friendly the governor
might be, he had the misfortune to
stand between his prisoner and liberty.
Lermontoff was again taken from his
cell about half an hour before the time
he had named for the completion Of
the charging, and, although the gov
ernor said nothing of his intention, the
jailer and his man brought to the cell
six charged batteries, coil Of wire
and q dozen lamps. Lermontoff now
changed his working methods. He be-
gan each night as soon as he had
finished dinner and worked till nearly
morning, sleeping all day except when
interrupted by the jailer. Jack, follow
ing the example of Robinson CruSoe,
attempted to tie knots on the tail of
time by cutting notches with his knife
on the leg of the table, but most days
he forgot to perform this operation,
and so his wooden almanac fell hope
lessly out OF gear. He estimated that
he had been a little more than week
in prison when he heard by the clang
of the bolt that the next cell was to
have an occupant.
81 must prepare a welcome for him. -
he said, and so turned out the electric
light at the end of the long, flexible
wire Re had arranged a neat ittl;
switch Of the accumulation, and 81
snapped the light on and off at hi:
pleasure without the trouble Of I'm
Screwing the nuts which held in place
one of the copper ends of the wire
Going to the edge Of the stream an(
fighting his candle, he placed the glas
bulb in the current, paid out the fiex
ible line attached to 1t and allowed tn,
bulb to run the risk of being smashed
against the iron bars of the passage
but the little globe negotiated the rap
ids without even perceptible clinl
and came to rest in the bed of tn
torrent somewhere about the center o
. the next cell, Juggling like a fish on
hook. Then Jack mounted the table
leaned into the upper tunnel and lis
tened.
''I protest" Drummond cried, speak
ing loudly, as III the volume OF Soun
would convey meaning TO alien ears
Il protest against this as an outrag
and demand my right of communica
ton with the British ambassador"
Jack heard the jailer growl, 'Thi
loaf of bread viii last you for fou
days" but as this statement was mad
in Russian it conveyed no more NEAR
ing to the Englishman than had hi
own protest of a moment befor
brought intelligence TO the jailer. TIL
door changed shut. and there followe
a dead silence.
'Now We ought to hear some goo
old British oathS," said Jack to hin
self, but the silence continued.
Hello, Alan" cried Jack throug
the bars. Il said you would be nabbe