The daily Alaskan., 1910-10-26

AAaAAH aHNAAAAta -AAAstAAsANN hNAe NN eAt N~--~ certain night when Woodruff and SOmers should be ready at the outer wall aud the attempt should be made.
 The night arranged for was very dark, a high wind bowling furiouSly. This was in some respects an advan- tage, for the operations of the conspir- ators were less likely to be heard, After midnight Boyle gave MaXson a suit of clothes, let him out of his cell and conducted him to the prison yard. Boyle knew just where guards and watchmen were stationed and how to avoid them, In the yard they found Hunter Boyle withdrew the ladder from its hiding place and put 1t up against the wall.
 It was far too short.
 It looked as it, after all the planning and pains, the attempt was to be failure. There was no possibility cf the prisoner getting on the wall. His assistants were wild with terror They had as much at stake as the man they were trying to set free. To return him to his cell would be to 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 do;"
 "Tll 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 1t, but 1t was still too short. Max son climbed 1t, but could not get his fingers on the walls top
 "Steadyr called Boyle in a loud whisper, and he and Hunter, who were both strong men, raised the lad der the height Of their shoulders.
 "A little more" called MaXsOn.
 By a combined ef'ort they raised it as high as they could reach, and the prisoner got on to the wall,
 Boyle and Hunter were still in terri ble danger Of discovery. UEu they had removed the table and the ladder and had returned to their duties they were not safe. But they accomplished it all. Their work was done, Each had promise of what to him was a small fortune
 Maxsou must take 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: he might break 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 less die in prison He must take the 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 across the sky Which direction to take to reach the outer wall he did not know; but, placing his back against the wall he had scaled, he 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 a stone to throw over the wall but could feel nothing but dirt. Oh. for a flash of lightning that he might see some object that he could usei
 After spending what seemed to him half an hour hunting for stone-it might have been ten misunderstanding that his friends would think the at tempt had either been postponed or had failed and would go away, he went to the wall, clutched it frantical- ly and for a moment gave way to de- spalr. Then it occurred to him to throw over some loose dirt ScoOping some damp earth in his hands. he made a ball of 1t and tossed it over the wall. He listened. but no sound came. The stiffness was horrible. He scOOped up another handful and walk ing q short distance to his right, threw that over, Again he listened Sudden ly something fell on the ground 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 a rope.
 With a stiled cry of joy he pulled 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- pllsh 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 so. and his friends each grasp ed one of his hands. Then they hur- ried him away.
 There would be no safety in meeting his family. When he was missed their movements would be watched. He was taken to a place some dis tance from the jail, where a carriage was waiting. and driven twenty miles to a railway station. His friends had