Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-03-13
The JaiIer'S
Daughter.

- o"hShhB Siil VI blAIeeu,
with blue eyes and light wavy hair
b; dng loose over her back. The
p' Der was a stalwart young fellow
.wenty.
Horse stealing"
Couldn't y find nothing better t
do than that"
81 didn't steal any horses. A man
with grudge against me put up a job
on me-"
rs that so? Y ortn't t. swing if y
didn't fo
The 't o. reading a pa
per t. -an him.
I'D let =" .ne added in a low
tone, only pop keeps too sharp
watch On the keys, and there amt
much time
The young man turned from his pa
per. you can help me to get out if
you v-ish." be said.
'nw:"
ga reaw?"
Nothing buck saw"
"That wont 90. Bring me file and
case knife"
Pops got ille among his tools. /
can get the case knife easy enough"
She went away. returning with the
articles asked Tor. The prisoner. Gov
ering his hands with the bedclothing
that the filing should not be heard.
proceeded TO make a saw OF the knife.
With one or both he proposed to cut
away the bars to his window. This he
did while the jailer's daughter strum-
med on a piano directly over his head
SO that the noise of cutting could not
be heard.
When he had finished. the girl came
again. and he said to her: "Goodby. If
l get out safely, some day may come
back to reward you"
"Pve been thinking I'd go with you"
she said, her eyes glistening.
He looked at her earnestly for some
time without speaking What he was
thinking she didn't know. At last he
said:
"All right. Meet me soon after 9
o'clock tomorrow morning outside the
wall"
When the prisoner heard the jailer's
clock wheeze out in the morning. he
removed the bars. got out of the win
dow, climbed a wall and stole away
He was Joined by the girl, and togeth-
er they ran for a time, then when
they could run no longer walked and
consulted.
ITS only five miles t the railroad
this way" said the girl Reckon we
better get Oh train"
Haven't got any money. Besides,
we couldn't likely get train tfll morn
ing. and they'd get us sure'
''What'll we do?".
Hide some place near by till the ex-
citement has died out. There's a thick
ct Well go In there and see what we
can find"
They went into the thicket Just as a
raucher near by was going into his
stable to feed his stock He saw them
and wondered who they were and
what they were doing there. When
several hours later posse headed by
the jailer, frantic at the loss of his
daughter. came along and asked the
rancher if he had seen man and a
girl go by. he told them that he had
seen them go into the thicket.
Now, the thicket was large, and
there were places in it hard to get
through. 1t was ransacked, but the
fugitives were not found. The sheriff,
who was with the party, sent the jail
er on with couple of men, while the
rest completed the search. He intend
ed to burn the couple out and expect
ed the jailer if present would raise an
objection, fearing for his daughters
life.
The couple had wormed themselves
Into tangled place where they had
not been followed. Presently they
smelled smoke The man paled.
I'VE must get out of this" he said.
And they dragged themselves from
their hiding place and moved on. COM
Ing to an open space The man paused
and looked about him. Then he began
TO scrape away the dead leaves and
everything that could burn. The girl,
seeing his object, Joined her efforts to
MS. The fire came on. cracking and
roaring, and when 1t reached them 1t
found them in the open space covered
by what loose earth they had been
able to scrape together. The posse
followed closely in the wake of the
flames. Passing some fifty yards from
the couple covered with dirt and ash
es, they saw nothing more than a cou-
pie Of earth heaps. The prisoner and
the girl lay still till they could no lon
ger hear sounds from the hunting par
ty, then arose and threw or the dirt
and ashes.
They stayed that day in the burned
wood and luhnn tlo