The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1912-03-02


make him less fire-eater"
His wife?"
J | stopped go suddenly that he in
voluntarily frightened his grip upon my
arm as though suspicious Of an at
tempt TO escape.
DO you, ! asked. gaining some
slight control over myself refer to
the lady who came in with his party
last EVENING""
Most certainly she was presented
70 all OF us AS Mrs Brennan, She has
been assigned rooms at his quarters,
and she wears a woddIngring Ear
! too fine woman IN my Judgment for
such master but then that IS not so
uncommon mistake in marriage.
Why come 10 think about ii. you must
have met her yourself Have you
reason to suspect this Is not their
relationship?
Not In the least" / FASTENED TO
answer. fearful lest my thoughtless
exclamation might become tho basis
for camp gossip Indeed | was
scarcely in the lady's presence at all
coming in, as | was left in charge OF
the sergeant"
Perhaps he felt that he had already
said too much, for we tramped on In
silence until we drew near a large,
square white building standing direct
ly beside the road
This Is the old Culverton tavern.
known as the Mansion House" ne
said. II is a tremendous big build.
ing for this country. with as fine a
ballroom in it as l have seen since
leaving New York We utilize It for
almost every military purpose, and
among others some Of the strong
rooms In tho basement are found val
liable for the safe keeping Of im-
portant prisoners"
We mounted the front steps rs he
was speaking passing through a cor
don OF guards, and in the wide hall
way | was turned tower to the officer
in charge.
Goodnight. Captain" said Cation.
kindly extending his hand You may
rest assured that | shall say all can
in your favor, but 1t is to be regretted
that Brennan has great influence just
now at headquarters. and Sheridan Is
not a man 70 lightly overlook those
hasty words you spoke to him"
| could only thank him most warm
ly for his interest. realizing fully
from his grave manner my desperate
situation, and follow my silent con
ductor down some narrow and steep
stairs until we stood upon the cement.
ed floor OF the basement. Here a
heavy door In the stone division wall
was opened; was pushed forward
into the dense darkness within and
the lock clicked duly behind me
So thick was the wall / could not
even distinguish the retreating steps
OF the jailer
Tired as 7 was from the intense
strain of the past thirty-six hours.
even my anxious thoughts were Insult
ficient to keep me awake Feeling
my way cautiously along the wall, | |
came at last 20 a wide wooden bench. |
and stretching my form at full length |
upon IL, pillowed my head on one
arm, and almost instantly was sound |
asleep
When | awoke, sore from my hard |
bed and stiffened by the uncom- |
Portable position IN which | lay. II I
WAS broad daylight That the morn
ing was, indeed. we'll advanced |
knew from the single ray or sunlight |
mhtch sfraanad a. tbrrugb . Uratna Il
window high up In the wall opposite
me and fell like a bar OF gold across
the rough stone floor | was alone.
Even in the dark Of the previous night
| had discovered the sole pretence 10
furniture ia the place. The room itself /
proved TO be a large and almost
square apartment. probably during the
ordinary occupancy Of the house re-
for wood or garden produce,
but now peculiarly we'll adapted TO
the safeguarding OF prisoners.
The solid stone walls were OF SUI.
flcient height 10 afford no chance OF
reaching the great oak Orders that
supported the floor above. even had
the doing SO offered favorable open
ing for escape. There were, apparent
ly. but three openings OF any kind.
the outside window through which
the sunlight streamed protected by
thick bars OF iron. a second opening.
quite narrow, and likewise protected
by q heavy metal grating: and the
tightly locked door by means OF which
| had entered The second, con-
cluded. after inspecting Il closely. was
A mere air passage leading into some
other division OF the cellar. noted
these openings idly. and with scarce
~ a thought as 10 the possibility OF
escape had awakened with strange
indifference as to what my fate might
be. Such a feeling was not natural
10 me. but the fierce emotions Of the
preceding night had seemingly robbed
ne Of all my usual buoyancy OF hope
Il one sense yet trusted that Mrs
Brennan would keep her pledge and
.pil her story IN Shartdau4 EVAN II che