Putnam patriot., 1910-06-10


 watchmen were stationed and how 10 avoid them in the yard they found Hunter Boyle withdrew rhe ladder from its hiding place and put il up against the wall.
 Ii was far loo short
 IL looked as if. after all the planning and pains. rhe attempt was to be n failure. FheSe was no possibility of the prisoner getting on the wall. His assistants were wild with terror. They had as much at stake as the man they were trying 10 set free To return him to his cell would be 10 incur again the risk they had taken in getting him out They must put him over that wall
 For heavens sake. Hunter" gasped Boyle. what shall we dor
 I'll go to the dining room and get a table"
 .Go quick"
 The table was brought and stood near the wall The ladder was placed on it. but 1t was still too short Max son climbed 1t. but could not get his fingers on the walls top.
 ''Steadyr called Boyle in . loud whisper. and he and Hunter. who were both strung men. raised the lad der the height of their shoulders. "A little more." called Maxson. By combined effort they raised 1t as high as they could reach. and the prisoner got on to the wall. Boyle and Hunter were still in terri bic danger of discovery. Until they had removed the table and the ladder and had returned to their duties they were not safe. But they accomplished 1t all. Their work was done Each had promise of what to him was a small fortune
 Naxson must take a jump in the dark. What was below him. how far it was to the ground. he did not know. and he could not see. He might break his neck: be might break a limb The latter alternative seemed worse to him than the first. for if he were unable to walk he would be recaptured. placed in close confinement and would doubt fCsS NtV ib PttSVA- tiV must taaC tAt~ risk. Hanging by his fingers. he let go and dropped. He struck soft ground and. though jared. WAS not injured. What there was about him was not revealed under the heavy clouds scud- ding acUAs the sky. Which direction to take to reach the outer wall he did not know. but. placing his back
 [. tnA h.. walked straight forward He had not gone fifty paces before he brought up against the second barrier. All he Knew of his friends position was that they had been instructed to be as near as possible to the point where he was to scale the first wall. He groped about to find stone to throw over the wall. but could feel nothing but dirt. Oh. for flash of lightning that he might see some object that he could use.
 After spending what seemed to him hslf an hour hunting for a stone-tt might have been ten minutes-feAring that his friends would think the at- tempt had either been postponed CT had failed and would 60 away. he went to tho wall. clutcAed It franttcaa- ly and for a moment gave way to d. Spair. Then 1t occurred to him to throw over some loose dirt. Scooping some damp earth in his hands. he made a ball of 1t and toseed t over the waAl He listened. bat 70 soan1 came. The stiffness was horribje. He scooped np another handful and. Walk- ing a short distance to his right. threw that over. Again he listened. Sudden ly something fell on the groupd near him, but how near or in which direc- ton from him he could not tell. He rushed about him for some time. when suddenly he encountered rope.
 With a sfffled cry of joy he puiled on it. He encountered resistance. Walking to the wall. he bore his weight on the rope. It was firm. Then he began to climb.
 It was all his strength could accom- plish to take him to the top. Indeed. without the incentive he possessed he could not have done 1t. Once on the wall he called in a low voice. Wood- run answered and told him to drop. He did co. and his friends each grasp cd one of his ha0ds. Then they hsr- ried tim away.
 There would be no safety in meeting his family. When he was missed their spoveusests would be watched He was taken to a place some dis tanee from the jail where carriage was waiting. and driVen twenty miles to A railway station. His friends had brought with them materials for makeup. and when he aligbted at the station he appeared as sn old man.
 Maxson was concealed for weeks in the house of one of his relatives. When tile excitement attending his escape had worn of he took passage under an assumed name for Australia. There he was joined by his wife and children. and there be lives today. but far from where he would be liable to meet any one who would recognize him. Twenty years have passed since he made his escape. and now be would not be known as the same maa.
 His two assistants were never known to be implicated in his escape. and both soon after left the state ssrv- ice and set up in business
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