Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-03-07

nrtson from the outside. | was constantly anu
closely guarded. All day long ! was rlgoFoussf
constrained to keep my room save lna' non
10 a. m. till noon and from 2:l5 I'LL 4:lo : "
suffered to walk about the interior Oh lhe ~
ress and talk to my fellow-prisoners, Wnlle li
an hour morning and evening an omcei 80
me for a walk on the rampant " envy
fresh air blowing on the height.
well. 7 was bored, and l wrote 10 TINS -
fect Ia nv people who communicated Win ~
excellent friends. Never shall ! forset -
warm thrill ! had when ! got tne hlse 80
munication telling me that my frienos Wete
busy on my behalf. az Nv
.nThe surveillance was very strlct' ~ IA!
letters were opened and read, those ! leeeite
as well as those l wrote. MY DOCKS anu ho"s
naners were likewise opened and anythlns =
a Sseditious nature was taken away 49,
when NV luncheon or dinner arrived ! iounu
the rolls had been cut into slices in case .nes
MIGHT contain a file, and on some occasion'
even the fruit was sectioned by way u pe
caution.
INV friends had therefore to communicate
With me in secret, and this they accomphsheo
nv the old trick Of invisible ink. ! usea -
have nv letters handed to me Win .ne sea "
the envelope open, and the letters thelneetre'
contained nothing calculated 10 arouse aa. :
.put as soon as my warden had lett me !
a nGnn 10 nSuI S-C !.
va,one and hold the inner side to the pars o.
tho great white-tiled stove standing IN INC
room Then as the. paper cracked ana con
tracted a line or two Of writing would appear
falling me how the plan progressed ana Wha'
my part was to pc. ,r,th NV
IT too. was able to communicate Win my
friends in this way, but how ! managed ~ -
xtiu a secret. / let them know that "hal
ao,,st have above all things else was money
,L =. n1roavipp Cprtain obstacles
I had noted as being likely to impede my prog
.ass xvben tbe moment of my escape arrived
80 o,,t az nv cell. / should have to open IWe
.tocEod doors and then get through a WlnooN
protected by a stout iron bar soidly "euset
In masonry. na, xub;o,
~ MT too dangerous to jump, perhaps ou
the noise / should have made IN allghtlns =
~ a.gged courtyard beneath would certain
nave been heard by the ~sentrles, 50 ! nau :
nave material to make a rope laooer.
atu thasa observations I passed on to m
anatoa friends. very discreetly and at rar
intervals. p..,, ,aro
narcaI Of newspapers and magazines. Luce
were opened in the governors quarters an a.,
tban sent III to me after they had peen fousi
~ fled up again with the cord fastening tn .i
n was this cord which attracted my a1.enlr ,
n was not the ordinary seiap
with which such rolls of newspapers are ~
orally fastened, but nice, new string, eVloeh.
taken off q fresh ball. / examined II carelui
/, "a nv heart gave a great leap, The Co
was waxed! -
EVERY day brought its packet OF papers
reviews wound up with the same strong WIZ
and one day I found under the nap OF an ;
na,,na a hin lust a line to this effect, tara
f~cele!' (Keep string)
.eThe next indication I had was tne VIZ
.Raliure, (binding), which had been written
tn,isihle ink in the envelope OF g letter 1r'
home. Ever since my arrival at Glatz ! u
received parcels Of books from Paris once
twice a week, and this single WORD az u
sngoasted to me what was meant. MY DOC
were To bring me something, too.
zone. two, three days passed, and on
fourth NV warder brought me a box OF DOC
Tbare we're several mathematical t~rteatises,
being In the engineers, mathematics nave
uava been a strong point with me, some yen
naner.bound novels, and two or three pohoer
tones OF history.
.sThey were Frederic Masson,s WORKS
the great Napoleon, a favorite HOBBY OF N
There was Josephine Imperatrice ct re
and Josephine Repudiee' and one or TWO
ers. with my ~penknife ! slit opep tne pa
az The paper-bound understanding! l
tha mathematical books-same result! \