The Cairo bulletin., 1911-05-07

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do you mean" he asked, that Nu
wish her to intercede with the COVER
nor to pardon you?"
No; wish her to tell me how &c
escape"
The jailer looked at John again, this
time with q melancholy expression
He considered that man who would
send such message by one whose
business It would be to thwart any
plan that might be adopted must be
losing his mind.
| "All right" he said. humoring the
poor man; ''I'll give her your message.
The 1ailer went the next day to the
town where the woman lived and. hav
ing transacted the business he had to
do. went to see her.
"How Is my poor husband?" she
asked at once.
"Have you the courage to hear some
bad news!" inquired the jailer in lieu
Of reply.
"Yes; ten me at once" she asked
eagerly.
"Well. I fear the confinement and
the attendant misfortunes have af-
fected his brain"
The woman was very much over.
come BY this and begged the jailer to
tell her what had brought him to such
4 conclusion. whereupon the latter
gave her her husbands message. As
soon Al she heard 1t she set up such
q wan that many of the nelghbor,
rushed In to know what was the mat
ter. Mrs. Bounce told them that the
Imprisonment her husband was suf-
fering for an offense OF which he was
innocent had affected his mind; he
had gone daft They advised her to
secure the services Of a lawyer TO
have John brought before commits
sion to determine the facts If one of
unsound mind had been convicted an
injustice had been done which should
be righted The prisoner had always
been much liked I'm the town. and a
great deal Of sympathy was mani
Tested for him. When the jailer left
them he promised the wife that be
would observe her husband closely
and when he came again would bring
her another message-that Is, If John
had any to send
Tho next message the TALLER brought
Mrs. Bounce was: "My jailer thinks
me insane. He never was more mis-
taken I'm his life. Wings are now
growing on my shoulders. By the
FIRST day Of the month they will be
fully grown. and then / shall fly up
the chimney and return to you and
our children"
When Mrs. Bounce received this
message she walled louder than ever.
declaring that the cruel treatment her
husband was receiving. he being In
generated In cell. was making his
condition worse every day. The jailer
assured Der that her husband was not
In cell. but in room by himself, in
which there was an old fashioned
large chimney giving fine ventilation.
But she refused to be comforted.
AS soon as the jailer had departed
Mrs. Bounce went out and bought sew.
eral ladders. besides fifty feet of stout
rope. and put them in her cellar. On
the night of the last day Of the month
she hitched the family horse to the
wagon, put the ladders and the rope
In IL and set out for the Jail. She
timed her starting to reach her desti;
nation at midnight. and. stopping
short distance from the building that
stood by itself. she carried the ladders
to the wall that surrounded II. Placing
one ladder against the wall, she mount
ed IL. and. selecting another that would
reach from the wall TO the roof of the
jail, With the coll of rope on her arm.
she climbed en to the roof and, going
to large chimney. let one end of the
rope fall with thud on the hearth
below. John. who was on the watch.
heard 1t and. seizing 1t, tied 1t around
his body under his arms. Then, Jerk.
Ing 1t for signal. Mrs. Bounce began
to pull.
The chimney was not large enough
TO enable John to help himself. but
his wife was q strong as well as a
shrewd woman. and by dint Of hard
pulling she got him up. and. scram-
bling to the wall and to the ground
outside. they took the ladders and the |
rope With them and drove away.
The next morning Mrs. Bounce told
the neighbors that her poor deluded
husband had appeared at home during |
the night. declaring that he had wings !
On his shoulders and had flown up the
chimney. They we're all very much
puzzled, but swore that the half witted
reiiow should not so back to jail.
When the 1ailer learned what had hap.
pened be knew he had been outwitted,
but ne dare not tell the story to the
authorities. So he made feint at re-
,apturinx John. but was driven or by
he neighbors and finally reported that
: would be impossible to take the luna
&c back to Jan without large sheriff's
'osse. So the matter went by default,
IND John remained at liberty.
II ID needless to say that he soon
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