Part 3 (1/2)

On our arrival at Moquequa ere reat humiliation, as I knew many people in the town Nureat indignation ere thrown into a cell with six other prisoners convicted oflot of characters would have been hard to find anywhere No attention had been paid to entleman, whom I had favored, presented himself After I told him the circumstances of our detention he said he would send a lawyer to defend us In the ularI had many visitors, soood will The latter were profuse in their attentions When a lawyer appeared, I related to hi, as Tho quite proficient in it Upon leaving, the lawyer proht days atthat prison cell It was about twenty feet long and twelve feet wide, and contained nothing but stone walls and floor, with a heavy iron-grated hich looked out on the plaza A bottle of wine came with each meal, instead of coffee, and I shared it with the criood will, and as they had all been convicted of murder, they did not hesitate to tell me of their horrible crimes

There is no capital punishment in Peru Sentence for life, in that country, th of tients invariably break open the prisons and liberate the convicts, which happened to these prisoners a few months later We were visited daily by my lawyer and finally were told that four hundred dollars would be required for our liberation

”Liberate us and I will give you the money,” was my answer

Next day I bid adieu to my undesirable residence and companions; Tho new clothes and receiving the congratulations of friends, we boarded the train for Ilo Mr Hill returned fronities inflicted upon me, told his officials that they should have notified the British consul and co my money

I returned to work in the shops, and three weeks afterward one of the office clerks ca with Thoht and to they would coain facing punishment for a crime of which ere innocent and I determined to resist arrest, and leave Ilo

I went to the office of the secretary of the railroad, and after a long consultation, it was agreed to have three of Mr Hill's best horses in readiness at ht One of the hostlers was to accompany us and e reached Tambo, Thompson and I would take the train for Arequipa

I went to my room, packed my clothes, carefully loaded two revolvers and placed my trunk and other articles of value in the hands of my friends, with orders to send them to Arequipa after the sensation of my escape was over After supper, to allay any suspicion the authoritiesthe wharf, went into a billiard hall and actually played a gauard, who I have no doubt had the order to arrest one to his room I followed thirty minutes later, and at precisely twelve o'clock, I sallied out of the house by the rear, and ht was dark, and everything being in readiness, we h the town dressed like natives We soon gained the highway leading to Ta well clear of Ilo, we put our horses to their best We rode the fifty-five ht the train for Arequipa, arriving that night after an absence for me of two years

VII

IN THE THROES OF REVOLUTION

The railroad had now been extended froents were cutting the telegraph wires

I was engineer on a combination locomotive and coach and as this locoedy, I will describe it It was specially designed for the president and officers of the road, weighing only eight tons On the saine, in fact, a part of it, was built a beautiful black walnut coach, with a seating capacity of frohteen persons It had two side doors and one in front, which, when opened, co with beautiful damask curtains, the carpets were of rich velvet, and a center table and several cupboards under the seats cos It was in reality a palace on wheels, na a native of Arequipa I ine-car for the reason that, on a duplicate of The Arequipena, later occurred one of the ic events of my life

The stretch of road froht, except about two miles from Cabanillas station, where a heavy side cut and sharp curve was the only obstruction to the view forat the rate of forty e Rogers loco toward hof stea

I was thrown out of the way of the wreck and near the edge of a river, and when I regainedradually realized what had happened and went to e left of The Little Arequipena, only a piece of the boiler and two pairs of driving wheels The shock was so great that the little coach was hurled over the other engine, which was not da over so closer, found Williaround dying Five soldiers were dead beneath the ruins One officer, with his legs broken in two places, begged that others be cared for first The road-htfully burned by escaping steam; all the others were more or less seriously injured, except myself When relief came our dead and wounded were taken to Arequipa

We had been sent out to repair the wires, and orders had coineer who collided with overnment forces had ordered our superintendent to furnish transportation for his troops to Puno at once, and when informed that it would be impossible to send a train until ere heard from, he threatened to place the superintendent in jail unless his orders were complied with No one on the other train was hurt They had six coaches full of soldiers, the priest who assistedthem

The day after our arrival at Arequipa the funeral of Williaest that I had ever witnessed at any funeral in Arequipa, natives as well as foreigners taking part

It was a long time before I recovered from the shock, not alone of the collision, but the death of William Cuthbert who always had been ready to befriend iven me much valuable information He lies buried in the cemetery at Arequipa, in a vault A er sent for me one day to co over the cause of the collision, I told hiine and train to go out without knowing first where ere, and that it would have been better to have gone to prison, that if he had been sent there the Aovernment would have demanded his freedom, and he would have been honored As it stood, he was to a certain extent responsible for that dreadful affair After so that I had incurred the displeasure of the head officer I concluded to leave, which I was sorry to do, as I looked upon Arequipa as ain met cockney Spider He was still at his old business, conducting a runaway sailors' boarding house A feeeks later found ineer on the Panama and Aspinwall railroad The climate, I believe, is the rows the rankest In a few months I was stricken with the yellow fever, but thanks to my robust constitution I soon recovered About this tiovernment railway at Ilo, who desired ineer on the road I told him of my troubles in that toith the officials He hteen uarantee that I should not be molested by any petty official

When I arrived at Ilo, iine my surprise to find that the man who rowed me ashore was the Italian who caused my arrest He offered to shake hands but I refused When I went to the hotel many of my old native friends came to see me, and informed me that after I had left they discovered the person who did the shooting It was done by one of their own nu to thus have my innocence established, but it did not recompense for the time I had spent in jail and the loss ofa train out of Ilo about anever attended one, I accepted the invitation At one end of the rooe table, and upon it the body of a child two years old On its head was a wreath of flowers The child was dressed in white; in its tiny hands was a bouquet of flowers; the feet were encased in shted candles surrounded the body At either end of the table were several old women, ere employed by the fa sound Occasionally they would stop to partake of wine, and start again, e and on each side were seated ladies and gentle themselves The parents of the dead child appeared to have surpassed the expectations of their friends and reat success of the ”wake”

There is a custoether there is constant drinking A large bottle of wine or whiskey is placed on the table with one glass A lady or gentlelass and drink to the health of solass, so it is always drained, refilled and presented to the one whose health has been drunk It is an insult to refuse to drink, after one has drank to your health and the person accepting the glass drinks to the health of solass is constantly on the move On this occasion, the as on the table with the corpse