The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-01-19

the guards.
"You liew shouted Pedro. rs he
wrested himself free and rushed for |
the fellow. And before the other |
guards could prevent him, he had dealt |
the Mexican a blow which caused that |
individual stretch out on the floor.
"Now you pay much more," ex.
claimed the jailer, MS his men seized
the slave and held him.
Il pay anything, but l no let you
insult Miss Liberty" shouted Pedro az
he glared at the fellow who was slowly
| rising to his feet. MY mistress no kill
| anybody. and the man who say she dc
will not liver
I SIS that so?" snarled one of the
guards. what you care? You 30
see her no more. We fix you
The look that Pedro gave this fellow
was enough to convince him that II
was we'll the slave was being held Sc
curely.
In the meantime Liberty was won
dering where they had taken Pedro. In
her dungeon she heard nothing of the
fight he had with the guards. He had
been led to another part of the prison
which seemed to her to be desolated, eN
cept for herself and the slave. No sounG
broke the monotonous silence of the
place and she was certain If she was
kept in there another day she would
go mad. 1t was dark and ill-smelling,
the room was hardly high enough
for her to stand up, and If she sat
down the rats would run over her.
Sleep was out of the question, even
though she was exhausted, for she was
certain that if she ever closed her eyes
in this place, the rats would have de
youred her before morning. The walls
were damp, and as she put her hand
out and touched them shudder ran
through Eer. The floor was slip
perry and rough it was hewn out OF
stone and once or twice she fell a'
she stumbled in the dark.
After the guard had put her in ant
had gone out, she heard him put {
heavy lock on the door, protected by
large bar of solid iron. Presently
he returned with some bread and wa
ter, which he pushed through small
opening in the big door. But Libert,
was in no frame of mind to eat, ever
though she was hungry. She woul'
, not trust these Mexicans, for they wer,
as variable as the moon, and just a
=, Inconsistent. Her one thought was t.
-, escape from this miserable place. I'm
less she did, there was every probabil
ity that she would remain here the res
Of her life especially with the gov
eminent going through such strife as |
was at that moment. For it was no
. an uncommon thing for Mexican t
i put people in prison and thea forge
, all about them for years.
| AS Liberty CROPPED her way about tn
! darkened room she admitted there wa
| little encouragement. The place SCENE
4 as impregnable as the center of tn
i earth. Her only hope was in searchin
! for the slightest thing that might &c
| as means of assistance to her. S
she began running her hands over tn
walls, feeling each stone and assurin
4 herself that the masonry was firm an
A solid. 1t was a long and tedious jol
4 and after she had covered two sides {
the room without any results, she b.
gan to think it was useless. But Sh
refused to give up courage and contiI
4 ued cropping her way along, feelin
each stone and testing its frmnes
4 Finally, as she was about to give u
1 in despair, she found a bit of loos
4 masonry; for as she touched one
4 the stones the cement crumbled ar
4 fell on the ground. Instantly her hope
j rose and she proceeded to find whel
Il it had come from, and discovered TIL
4 it had dropped from the wall at a sp
Il within easy reach, just opposite III
i shoulders.
] With both hands she started to pie
at the cement, which was easily di
u lodged. When she had picked this o
she found a crevice large enough
G admit her hand. She touched Il
to stone. 1t was loOse She cou
ID hardly refrain from crying out wi
is joy. 1t was big stone, and it W
at heavy, too. She doubted whether s.
If would have been able to bulge it u
der different circumstances. Placil
,o both of her hands fiat against it, s
= showed with all her might. 1t move
az Again she tried it, with the same ]
If suit She kept this up for several mi
: utes, and each time she put her weig
m against it the big stone was force
J. further and further, inch by inch, bat
Il A ray of light crept through the ere
a. ices, and, small as 1t was, it seem
~ almost to dazzle her after her solitu
IL in the darkness.
%. Finally, summoning all her streng
id. she gave the stone one long shove, Il
r. it went topping over, and fell in
he next room. She heard it strike t
ground, and then, pulling herself I
ed She managed to crawl through {
he opening in the wall. Arriving on
IN. other side, she found herself in ST
Id terranean chamber, similar TO the q
he she had just left. Her hopes We
to crushed, for as she gazed about h
dis she concluded it was worse. \ Sill