The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-05-23
A Rock In
The Baltic.
By RosaRT BARR.
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ner and mount 1t, then we can talk
without shouting. Not much chance Of
any one outside hearing us even IL we
do clamor, but this is a damp situation,
and loud talk is bad for the throat.
Cut slice Of that brown bread and
lunch with me. You'll ind it not half
bad, as you say In England, especial.
" when you are hungry. Now con.
tinued Jack ms his friend stood oppO-
site him and they found by experiment
that their combined reach was not long
enough to enable them to shake hands
through the bars, NOV. while you are
luxurlatiug in the menu Of the Trogz-
mondoff I'll give you a sketch OF my
plan for escape"
DO" said Drummond.
Il happen to have with me pair of
bottles containing a substance which
If dissolved In water and sprinkled on
this rock will dislntegrate It, Improves
rather slow work, must admit, but l
intend to float in to you one Of the
bottles and the apparatus, so that you
may help me on your side, which plan
has the advantage OF giving you use,
full occupation and allowing US to COM
plete our task in half the time, like the
engineers on each side OF the Simplon
tunnel"
IF there are bars in the lower wa
tercourse," objected DrummOnd, won't
you run risk of breaking your bottle
against them?"
Not the slightest. ! have just sent
that much thinner electric lamp
through, but in this case Ill Just tie
up the bottle aud squirt gun in my.
stocking, attach that to the wire, and
the current Will do the rest. You can
unload and I'll pull my stocking back
again. If l dared wrench of Il table
leg, could perhaps shove bottle and
syringe through to you from here, but
the material would come to a dead CEN
ter in the middle of this tunnel unless
had a stick to push It within your
reach.
Very we'll; we'll work away Until,
our excavation connects and we have
made 1t of sufficient diameter for you
to squeeze through. You are then in
my cell. We put out our lights, and
you conceal yourself behind the door.
Jailer aud man with the lantern come
in. You must be very careful not to
close the door, because II you once
shove 1t shut we can't open 1t 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 jailer
with your fist one of your justly ce1e-
brated English Touchdown blows, i'm
medately after Telling the man with
the lantern. Knowing something of
the weight Of your blow, take 1t that
neither Of the two men Will recover
consciousness until we have taken OBJ
their outer garments, secured reyolY-
ers and keys. Then we lock them In,
you and on the outside" 4
"AIy dear Jack. we don't need any
tunnel TO accomplish that The first
time these two men come into my.
room can knock them down rs easily
here as there"
Il thought Of that, and perhaps you
could but you must remember we have
only one shot. If you made mistake
II the lantern man bolted and fired his
pistol and once closed the door-hc
would not need to pause 10 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 or put US into worse cells as
far apart as possible"
Il don't think l should miss fire, :"
said Drummond confidently "StilI l
see the point and will obey orders"
"Niy official position on the rock ever
since arrived has been that OF cleo
trical tutor in chief to the governor. |
have started his dynamo working and
have wired such portions Of the place
as were not already wired before.
During these lessons have kept my
eyes open So far MS the prison is con-
cerncd, there are the governor, sort
of head clerk. the iailer and his assist
ant foUr men. and that is all. The
jailers assistant appears to be the
cook d The place. although the cook
Ing done Is Of the most limited descrlp.
ton. The black bread is brought from
st. Petersburg, | think, as also timed
meat and soup. 50 the cuisine is on a
somewhat limited scale"
do you mean to say that only these
four men are in charge of the prison z"
Practically so, but there is the gar.
rison as well. The soldiers live in a
suit of rooms directly above US, and
as near as can form an opinion there
are fourteen men and two officers.
When a steamer arrives, they draft as
many soldiers as are necessary, IN
load the boat and then the Tommies 90
upstairs again. The military section
apparently holds little intercourse with
the officials, whom they look upon as
jailers. should judge that the mill
tary officer is chief of the rock because
when he found the governors room lit