The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-01-11
cHApTER xlll.-consInued.

That he meant every word he spoke
convinced, and his enthusiasm
p%tagious. My bloc leaped
VIII ne at this call to action; all
iethhrgy fled. and with # every dead
enlhg thought Of her who had so sud.
denly woven about me the meshes Of
her power. False or true. maid, wife
or widow, my duty as a soldier to my
commander and the army to which I
belonged. blotted out all else. Even
as this new rush Of determination
swept over me. above us there
sounded clearly the dashing music OF
q military baud In the strains Of a
STRAUSS waltz, and we could dis
tinguish the muffled shuffling Of many
feet on the oaken Too overhead.
Caton's chance remark about the great
ball to be given that evening By off
GERS Of the headquarters staff recur-
red to my memory.
eThat dancing up there viii help us,
Jed" said quickly, my mind now
active to grasp every detail. "You
say there Is a chance for escape from
your cell? Then give me your hand,
and help me % crawl through that
hole"
@-was a narrow squeeze for a man
OF my size, yet I crept through with
out great difficulty, az found myself
r. the dense darkness Of a room
which, as ! judged hastily from feel
ing about me, vas similar IN shape
and extent to the one L. which had
been confined. Bungay, however. per
mitted me little time for exploration.
Grasping me firmly by the arm. and
feeling his way along the wall, he
CROPPED across to the other side.
There's a mighty big stone chimbly
comes down we're. Cap" he whispered.
IAN Their openin' ter take out SCOT an
ashes ia up thar. list blow Their
fluer. It's a sheet-iron pan, / reckon,
Their way It feels; an 1t must be thar
they put a niger in ~ clean Their
chimbly whin It gifts stuffed up. T.
could git up thar alone, but / couldn't
o no work, but thet thar pan ought
ter cum out all right Dew We think
ye cud hoP me up, Cap? I'm PURIFY
durn heavy"
/ smiled In the darkness at the III.
tic fellows egotism, and lifting him al
] might a child. poised him lightly
upon my shoulder. He struggled a
momen to steady himself against the
wall, and then could feel him tug
ging eagerly at something which ap-
peared to yield slowly to his efforts
AS he worked. a dense shower of dust.
and SCOT caused me to close my eyes.
She's a comm all right" he said.
cheerfully. putting with his exertions,
but / reckon as how this chimbly
amt bin cleaned out since Their war
begun. Hold up yer right han. Cap,
an GIT a blame good grip on her, fer
she's almighty full anil waiter go
down sorter easy like
I did as he suggested. bracing my
SELF to meet his movements, as he
stood s%tralnlng on my shoulders. and
ia another moment ] had succeeded
IN lowering the large sheet-lron pan
silently TO the floor
Room nough yere fer two men ter
oncet. chuckled my companion. ia
rare delight The chief In silence
strobe before Yere goes"
His weight left my shoulders there
was d slight scramble. another shower
Of dirt, then the sound Of his voice
once more.
lift dp yer HAMS. Cap; die ia yer
toes on Their stones. an' wen begin
our VICE"
He grasped my wrists with a
strength which had no conception
the little fellow possessed There was
a moments GREATNESS struggle. and
squirmed through tho opening. and
lay pantirg on the flat slabs which
composed tho foot Of the great funnel
To afford me more room Bungay had
gone up a little. finding footlodgment
upon tho uneven g.onos Of which the
chime. was constructed. For a mo-
meni We rested thus ~motlonless. both
breathing heavily and listening TO the
music and shuiiilng Of feet now almost
cron a level With om heads
The noise. which was strong and
continuous. rendered discovery from
aug mirstep highly improbable. and as