Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-05-11

"You were Captain ORyan wheh
you left Yadasara.'
II was, your majesty"
you are still Captain Organ. You
have a ready tongue, but such tongues
often tell more than the plain truth
Your own loyalty wants proving, ano
your recruits wants showing. Let me
trust you both, and. you, Captain
O'Ryan, shall have nothing to com
plain Of And with a wave OF MS
hand he dismissed us.
Organs lodging was in the lower
mart Of the city, in a building abutting
upon the walls.
l heard Bridget before l saw her.
"Who's there?" she shouted as we
entered.
dennis, me darlin'." was the an
swer.
Bridget was a tall, large boned wo
man, with big hands and feet. which
she gave the impression of being
rather proud Of. for her short, tight
fitting skirt showed off the one. and
her sleeves, being rolled halfway up
the arms, did not lessen the magnitude
of the other. Her features were angu-
lar, her black hair tangled. and her
ewes which | admit were fine. had
little gentleness in them. OF ent1
ment she could know nothing. She
stood facing us. her hands on her hips.
you've come back, thenT
"Yes," said Organ meekly. l had
never heard him speak like it before.
"And what have you got to say for
yourselfY"
ITS a long story, Bridget" he said
suddenly.
Trust you for that"
you don't seem very pleased to see
me-" he went ON In an injured tone.
1--WE been living chiefly in prison since
l saw you last. l looked for a good
meal and then to telling you my story"
"Tell me first who is this you have
with your"
"He is one of the kings guards now
I brought him back with me. ! cap
tured him"
That's a good beginning to a tale.
indeed. You could no more capture
him than you can make a fool of me.
Is he looking for a good meal too?'
IF you please. Bridget"
"Well you can have what I've got
which isn't much. You've never done
over your share of the providing, Den
mis-, but I've missed the little you die
do. Mind, you're not forgiven. III
feed you, and I'll hear your tale. II
the tale doesn't please me, out you go
I'm going to have no more nonsense
After the meal came the tale. The
king had been satisfied with a little
compared to what Organ thought
necessary to set Bridget's suspicious
at rest. But he pleased her not the
least by telling her how much he had
talked of her to me-. This was n OF
the few truths the whole story had
contained, and willingly Endorsed It
The following day l was introduced
to my comrades Of the kings guard
] 1t Glanced that my duties took me to
the fortress. and since Costa. with
whom l had to do, had taken a liking
to me l saw more than should have
done in an ordinary way.
AS Costa showed me what he was
pleased to term some of the things OF
2 interest, l did not wonder that O'RyaT
spoke of the fortress of Yadasar;
with respect. Here were instruments
of torture not on Show-not diabolica
!, inventions of the past exhibited fol
the present to shudder at, but ma
chimes which had been used only 6
few days ago and might be used agar
tomorrow.
Costa opened a heavy door, and {
damp atmosphere met us. He took {
key and, going to q slab in one corner
of the floor, unlocked it and lifted the
slab by a ring which was fastened il
its center.
"For dead men," he said, pointing
down.
A smooth slide went down at al
angle, and as | bent owe to look
could hear the faint sound of water
washing restlessly.
Unto the |river!" l asked.
Eyes. From many Of these dungeon!
there is such an exit. They lead int,
n big shaft which goes deep into thu
water under the rock"
".And so out into the river?"
Sometimes. If the weight attache,
to the body to keep it down SHOULD
slip off the body might rise in tn
river. l heard of one case. If 70,
should eve cease to be loyal max
friends with the executioners. The,
can bungle their work and kill quick
ly."
Only n ambition had Ito lear
the way out of D~russenland. Tha
evening in the guardroom | brough
the conversation round to the subjec
with two or three of my comrades
carefully. of course, not to excite wor
der.
"There was the sound Of water,