Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-05-23

"Of course 1t was no trouble for me-
to keep aAoat nv only danger wasl
that the intense coldness OF the water
would numb my body beyond reeog cry.
Still | had been accustomed to hard
ships Of that Kind before now Ia tie
frozen north. At last the gentle roar
Of the waterfall ceased, and realizcl
my cell was enptying itself When
reached my shelf again. | stretched my
limbs back and forth as strenuously
as l could and as silently, for | wished
no sound to give any hint that was
still alive, If, indeed sound could pen
citrate to the passage, which is unlike
". 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 death quiet when
the men came in with the lantern.
need have had no fear The door was
opened. one Of the men picked me up
by the heels and, using my legs as II
they were the shafts of wheelbar
row. dragged me down the passage to
the place where the stream emerged
from the last cell, and into this tor
rent he flung me- There was one swift
brief moment of darkness, then ! shot
feet first, into space and dropped down,
down, down through the air like a
pluInmet into the arms Of my mother :
Into what?' cried Dorothy. white
and GREATNESS, thinking the recital Of
these agonies had turned the mans
brain.
'The Baltic, madam. is the Finland
er's mother 1t feeds him in life, car
ries him whittier he wishes to go, and
every true Finlander hopes to die IN
her arms. The Baltic seemed almost
warm after what l had been through,
and the taste of the salt on my lips
was good 1t was beautiful starlight
night In May, and floated around the
rock, for / knew that in cove on the
eastern side, concealed from all view
of the sea, lay Finland fishing boat.
a craft that will weather any storm,
and here in the water was a man who
knew how to handle it. Prisoners are
landed on the eastern side, and such
advantage Is taken of the natural con-
formation of this precipitous rock that
a man climbing the steep zigzag stair
way which leads to the inhabited por-
ton is hidden from sight of any craft
upon the water even 400 or 500 yards
away Nothing seen from the outside
gives any token of habitation
1.-THE fishing boat. / suppose, is kept
for cases of emergency, that the gov
ernor may communicate with the shore
if necessary. I feared it might be
moored so securely that could not I'M
fasten it. Security had made them
careless, and the boat was tied merely
by lines to rings in the rock, the object
being 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 quiet
" inside and doated with the swift
tide, not caring to raise a sail until |
was we'll out of gunshot distance.
Once clear of the rock spread canvas
and by daybreak was long out of sight
of land. / made for Stockholm, and
there being no mark or name on the
boat to denote that it belonged to the
Russian government / had little diff
Guilty in selling it I told the authori-
ties what was perfectly true-that !
was a 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 | was not inter-
fered with and got enough money from
the sale of the boat to enable me to
1ress myself well and take passage 70
England, and from there first class to
New York on a regular liner.
sOf course could have shipped as
q sailor from Stockholm easy enough,
but | was tired of being common
sailor and expected. IL ! was respecta-
bly, clothed, to get better position
than would otherwise be the case.
This proved true, for crossing the
ocean / became acquainted with Mr..
Stockwell, and he engaged me as mate
of his yacht. That's how escaped
from the Trogzmondoff, madam, and
1 think no one but Finlander could
have done It"
Il quite agree with you, said Doro-
thy. You think these two men have
been making inquiry about have been
sent to the Trogzmondoff2v
1.-THE Russian may not be there, ma
dam, but the Englishman is sure to
be there"
rs the cannon on the western side
OF the rock?''
Il don't know, madam. never saw
the western side by daylight. ! no
ticed nothing on the eastern side as ]
was climbing the steps to show that
any cannon was on the TrogzmondofI
at ALL
II suppose You had an opportunity
Of finding out how many men garrison
the rock.
mo, madam. don't think the gar
rison is large. The place is SO secure
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