In Porto Rico; a part of greater America . ight angles to the wall, withroughly rounded blocks of wood nailed atthe ends. At the foot of each bench, fas-tened to a strong ring bolted to the stonefloor, lay a rusty chain with another ring atthe loose end. Its a dungeon where they used to putprisoners, said Mark, and those benchesare beds. Ugh! what an awful place tosleep in! Were lucky to have these benches ifweve got to sleep here, replied where is Spigotty? Why, theres a window! exclaimedMark, who had begun again to search theroom. What he had discovered was a squareopening in the
In Porto Rico; a part of greater America . ight angles to the wall, withroughly rounded blocks of wood nailed atthe ends. At the foot of each bench, fas-tened to a strong ring bolted to the stonefloor, lay a rusty chain with another ring atthe loose end. Its a dungeon where they used to putprisoners, said Mark, and those benchesare beds. Ugh! what an awful place tosleep in! Were lucky to have these benches ifweve got to sleep here, replied where is Spigotty? Why, theres a window! exclaimedMark, who had begun again to search theroom. What he had discovered was a squareopening in the wall, about two feet wide,with strong, upright iron bars some sixinches apart. Outside of this was fas-tened a plate of iron, bolted to the wall andheld several inches away from the window, 60 TWO BOYS IN MORRO CASTLE. SO that it would admit air to the prisonersand at the same time give them no glimpseof the outside world. As the boys were examining this con-trivance, they were startled by a suddenscratching and scrabbling sound outside,. MORRO, FROM THE CITY. and who should appear but Spigotty! Heeasily squeezed between the bars andjumped into the room, apparently thor-oughly at home. Well, I declare! cried Mark. Thenhe gave a jump of joy. Here, I knowwhat! Got a pencil? Yes! Chester was excitedly fishing inhis pockets. TWO BOYS IN MORRO CASTLE. 61 Lets have it! You hold on toSpigotty! Now what can we write on? Dinner was on the table in the majorsquarters, and they were just beginning towonder where the boys were, when a tallsergeant loomed up in the doorway, hold-ing Spigotty in his arms. Well, sergeant, what is it? demandedthe astonished major. He came popping into the kitchen, sir,from out of a hole in the wall, the ser-geant saluted with one hand and held thewriggling Spigotty with the other, and hehad this hitched to his collar. He handed the major a cuff torn from aboys shirt and scribbled all over in major put on his glasses to read thestrange-looking hiero
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