The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-03-08

prison frOU the outside. / was constantly anu
closely guarded. All day long was vigorously
constrained to keep my room save that from
10 a. m. till noon and from 215 till Ais was
suffered to walk about the interior of the fort
ress and talk TO my fellow-prisoners, while for
an hour morning and evening officer took
me for a walk on the rampant TO ENJOY the
fresh air blowing the height
We'll. | was bored, and | wrote to this ef-
feet to my PEOPLE who communicated with nv
excellent friends Never shall / forget the
warm thrill had when I got the first com
munication telling that my friends were
busy on my behalf.
The surveillance very strict All my
letters were opened and read those received
as we'll as those l wrote. My books and news
papers were likewise opened and anything OF
e sedtious nature was taken away. Often
when my luncheon or dinner arrived | found
the rolls had been cut into slices in case they
might contain file, and on some occasions
even the fruit sectioned by way OF pre-
caution
MY friends had therefore to communicate
with me in secret and this they accomplished
by the old trick of invisible ink. l used TO
have my letters handed to me with the seal OF
the envelope open, and the letters themselves
contained nothing calculated TO arouse alarm.
but rs soon as my warden had left me l
used to ungum carefully the flaps of the en-
veIope and hold the inner side to the bars or
the great white-tiled stove standing in the
room. Then as the paper cracked and con-
tyacted line or two of writing would appear
telling me how the plan progressed and what
my part to be.
Il too was able to communicate with my
friends i'm this way but how 1 managed it is
still secret let them know that what /
must have above all things else was money
and some tools for removing certain obstacles
had noted as being likely to impede my prog
ress when the moment of my escape arr~ed
ONE out of my cell should have to open Cwo
locked doors and then get through window
protected by stout iron bar solidly wedged
In masonry.
From the window there a drop which
was not too dangerous to jump, perhaps, but
the noise should have made in alighting on
the tagged courtyard beneath would certainly
have been heard by the sentries. so | had to
have material to make a rope ladder.
"An these observations | passed on to my
devoted friends very discreety and at rare
intervals
Every day I received from Paris a large
parcel OF newspapers and magazines. These
were opened In the governors quarters and
then sent in to after they had been rough
" tied up again with the cord fastening them
It was this cord which attracted my attention
II was not the ordinary scrap or end or string
orally fastened. but nice, new string, evidently
taken of a fresh ball examined II carefully
and my heart gave a great leap. The cord
was waxed.
Every day brought its packet of papers or
reviews wound up with the same strong twine
and one day found under the flap of an en-
velope "a bill Just a line to this effect. 'Garde7
ncelle!' (Keep string)
The next indication I had was the word
Reliure.' (binding), which had been written In
invisible ink in the envelope of letter from
home Ever since my arrival at Glatz had
received parcels OF books from Paris once oil
twice a week. and this single word at once
suggested TO what was meant My books
were TO bring me something. too.
"Orc two. three days passed. and on the
fourth my warder brought me box OF books
There were several mathematical treatises, foi
being In the engineers mathematics have al
ways been n strong point with ME, some yellow
paperbound novels and two or three ponderous
tones OF history.
They were Frederic Massons works or
tho great Napoleon. a favorte hobby OF mine
There was Josephine Imperatrice ct Refine
and Josephine Repudee' and one or two 9th
ers With my penknite / slit open the backs
of the paperbound novels-nothing' Their
the mathematical books-same result. Mas