Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-12-18
Howl He COT AWAY.
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A. 7. ANTHONY TWlNtNo.
1909 By Americas Press Ae6o-
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whats that story. Nevin. about
our escape from Merro castle during
,e panlsh.Amerieau war;
II never escaped from Morro castle.
.yelI. you escaped from somewhere,
Idnt you"
@sure. WIS captured while on
lcket BIZ a troop OF spanish cavalry.
ne captain didn't want to be both
,ed with me. 50 he left me with an
ID Cuban named Campanoni. a small
,rmer telling him that he would be
ack that war in a few daxa. and IL
. didn't End me he would burn the
ouse and tear up the little garden
atch which contained all the farmer
IA TO live on for a year"
''Well. the captain didn't 1nd you
|hen he came back. did her" t
|.sNo; he didn't"
'sYOu laid a plan. I'm told
H
PNo; / didn't lay plan. though l
n plenty Of time. was principaIly
gagged killing 1.-THE time with my
her. You know Spaniards are the
ost inveterate gamblers in the world.
Id Campanoni beat all the rest 0f
EN-. | had little loose change
hen l was captured. and he won It
D. Then be won my garments one
her the other. He played fair too.
watched him closely and never could
stect a bit of croOkedness. In fact.
was awfuiiy scrupuious In giving
every advantage. played fair.
D. when it came to playing for arti-
Is such as clothes. money. my watch
I'd all that. but I'll admit there was
e thing | didn't play fair about.
pu see what do you suppose put into
head a way 70 ret out of bis
iltches:" A
E'What?"
Some bones and a lead pipe
tExplain."
.'You don't see any connection be-
cen the two. do you? But there
Is. The old man was very fond of
|aking dice. taught him poker dice.
d be went wild over the game. He
IS ready TO play for anything he
d. but l hadn't anything to put up
Rt is. nothing available. though
0 plenty of money in bank at home.
hgular how funny it is the way
JAS pop into peoples heads. Il had
proved my Jailer's dice one day TO-
ieve the tediunl. for I hadn't a
PIX or newspaper even in dago
guage and. suddenly looking up.
iced the lead water pipe running
Ough the room. SeeY'
See? No. Go on"
Dice. aud lead meant loaded dice to
That meant freedom. would
w my check for d lot of money and
v II against myself with loaded
+. Sure thing"
But not exactly square"
] don't pretend it was. Didn't / tell
that played fair In everything
Rept one? Well. that was too impor-
10 play fair about. though the old
D didn't lose anything In the end.
will explain later. | first began to
him about my bank up In the.
ties and held my possessions up be-
him long enough 20 get his cupid
on the rampage. Meanwhile of
hts was chipping the lead pipe.
cling little holes In the dice and
ling in the lead. Campanoni lent
little awl. never even asking
at ] wanted it for. He was 10 jail
simply farmer"
should think you could have es-
ed from such a man."
Escape! He never took his eyes on
in the day aud locked me in safe at
pit. You see. was a mortgage on
home to be foreclosed IL not pro-
ed. Well. when I'D filied the bones
sGed for pen and paper. wrote an
e for -$2.OOO-more than twice
/ the farm was worth-and offered
stake it against my liberty. My
{ held out just eve minutes.
We sat down TO a game Of poker
I'd practiced rolling them. and.
wing just where I'D put the lead.
nid do pretty much what l wanted
them. Whenever he'd get a full
get four OF kind. and he got
pretty often. for the dice rolled
~ as well for him as for me. I
beat him so bad. after all. But
y MIN. and | saw that he was hOr-
at what he had done. He was
everything would be destroyed
the captain came back. / asked
now much he would lose. and he
me a thousand dollars. He hadn't
in the rld-house. farm and
oce-but | was SO glad to get out
besides needing q salve for my
hence. that | drew him q cheek
ne thousand and made him a pres
H. He was a eonfding old fool
wouldn't have considered It
the bit OF paper it was written
ut be never doubted and got his
too. He was az honorable as
As conhdinG. You see. Il was the
yer In him. He considered gam
The most honorable occupation
world and would have Bc0rned