Show from the story of the celebrated escape from in the march century we quote the following at night the six large lofts presented strange wa over which a single tallow candle wept copious and greasy tears that ran down over the petrified loaf of cornbread corn bread bordens condensed milk can or bottle in which it was set and where it struggled on until taps when the guards with unconscious irony shouted at which signal usually a shower of boots and such mother missiles as were at hand the covered the six floors lying in ranks head to head and booc to foot like post raie lines J battle for the general good and to preserve something casion ranks especially rhen tolie sab f y t divided into convenient squads under charge of a captain who was invested with authority to seo that every man lay poon fashion no consideration of personal con vengence veni ence was permitted to interfere with the general comfort of the adur d thus alien the hard floor could no longer bo endured on the i right side especially by the ahin men the captain gave the command attention squad number four pro pare to spoon one two and the whole squad flopped over oni the left side |