Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-05
.ON He GOT AWAY.
y r ANTHONY T1AlINlM0.

H'WhaTg luAL sho1ss GSNAAs A101A
mr. escape from Moro castle during |
spanish-American war;
81 never escaped from Moro castle"
"well. you escaped from somewhere, |
dnt your
rsure. was captured while on
cket by a troop OF Spanish cavalry.
he captain didn't want to be both |
cd with me. 30 be left me with an
Cuban named Campanoni. a small
rmer telling him that be would be |
ok that way An a few days and a
didn't lnd me he would burn the
buse and tear up the little garden
tch which contained ali the farmer
ID to live on for year.
"Well, the captain didn't And you
hen he came back. did hep
"No; he didn't
"You laid a plan. I'm told
mo: l didn't lay plan. though I
nd plenty OF time. was principally
ngaged killing 1.-THE time-with my
ailer. You know spaniards are the
most inveterate gamblers in the world.
nd Campanoni beat all the rest OF
hem. had a little loose change
then was captured. and be won it
II. Then he won my garments one
fter the other. he played fair too.
watched him closely and never could
eject bit of crookedness. 10 fact
was awfully scEupuIous in giving
ne every advantage. played fair.
co. when it came to playing for arti~1
les such as clothes. money, my watch
nd all that. but I'll admit there was
ne thing didn't play fair about.
you see-what do you suppose put into
ny head a way to get out Of his
lutcheS%
WHAT"
Some bones and lead pipe"
Explain"
"You don't see any connection be-
ween the two. do your But there
vas. The old man was very fond OF
making dice. ] taught him poker dice.
nd he went wild over the game. He
vas raady to play for anything he
bad, but hadn't anything to put up
hat is, nothing available. though I
bad plenty OF money In bank az home.
Singular how funny it Is the way
IDEAS pop into peoples heads. had
borrowed my jailer's dice one day to
relieve the tedium. for l hadn't .
book or a newspaper even in dagO
language and, suddenly looking up.
Noticed the lead water pipe running
through the room. Seer
''See? No. Go on"
"Dice and lead meant loaded dice to
ne. That meant freedom. would
lraw my check for q lot of money and
play it against myself With loaded
lice. Sure thing"
But not exactly square"
81 don't pretend It was. Didn't ! tell
you that | played fair in everything
except one? Well. that was too tmpOr-
ant to play fair about. though the old
man didn't lose anything IN the end,
Is will explain later. | first began to
lell him about my bank up in the
States and held my possessions up be.
fore him long enough to get his cupid.
ty on the rampage. Meanwhile Of
nights l was chipping the lead pipe,
digging little holes in the dice and
stufing in the lead. Campanoni lent
me little awl. never even asking
what wanted It for. He was LO jail.
er, simply farmer"
81 should think you could have es-
eaped from such a man"
Escape. He never took his eyes on
me in the day and locked me In safe a
hight, You see. was mortgage or
bis home to be foreclosed IL not pro
iuced. Wen. when I'd filled the bonei
asked for pen and paper. wrote al
order for $1,000 more than twics
what the farm was worth-and offereC
to stake it against my liberty. NJ
jailer held out just ave minutes.
I'VE sat down to game Of pokeI
dice. I'd practiced rolling them. and
knowing just where I'D put the lead
could do pretty much what wanted
with them. Whenever he'd get a full
I'd get four OF kind. and he got
'fulls' pretty often. for the dice rolled
nearly as we'll for him as for me.
didn't beat him so bad. after all Blu
beat him. and saw that he was hor
rifed at what he had done. He wal
sure everything would be destroyed
when the captain came back. askeC
him how much he would lose. and b
told me thousand dollars. he hadn'
800 in the world--house. farm ani
produce-but was 30 glad to get on
Of 1t, besides needing q salve for N,
conscience. that / drew him 4 checl
Tor the thousand and made him pres
ent Of 1t. He was a eon13ding old foo
or he wouldn't have considered
worth the bit Of paper II was writes
on. but he never doubted and got hf
money too. He was as honorable q
be was connding. You see, It was th
gambler In him. He considered gam
bling the most honorable occupation
In the world and would have se0rne'
10 take the slightest advantage Of hi
enemy in a game. though be wOut
have cheated him out Of the gold 4
MS teeth In bargain.
he let me 60, and wasn't long