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This day of grace did seem no great favor to Aegeon, for, not knowing any man in Ephesus, there seemed to him but little chance that any stranger would lend or give him a thousand marks to pay the fine; and, helpless and hopeless of any relief, he retired from the presence of the duke in the custody of a jailer.
"Now, do the same to all the other prisoners!" commanded the spirited lady. "I may as well be hung for a cow as a calf," said the jailer laughing and he went gravely with one pair of fetters all through the cells, complying literally with the new Governor's orders. Of course this soon got to the ears of the Rev. Cotton Mather, who went in high indignation to the Governor.
"Because," she flushed guiltily, "because it will be very much pleasanter than remaining here alone." Whereupon the woman in the mirror ceased her questioning. And, in the meanwhile, the relentless old clock was goading Donaldson. Its methodical, interminable ticking sounded like the approaching footsteps of a jailer towards the death cell.
Thereupon the jailer conducted the Potentate along the corridors, and let him look through the holes in the doors at the prisoners within. "What is this little girl in for?" he asked. The jailer looked at the number over the door, and then at his report. "Piracy," he answered. "A strange offence for such a child," said the Potentate.
O'Mahony had no idea that he might have used with propriety as to this gentleman all the epithets of which he believed the "suspects" to be worthy; but instead of doing so he called him a "disreputable jailer." It is not pleasant to be called a disreputable jailer in the presence of all the best of one's fellow citizens, but the man so called in this instance only smiled. Mr.
"I ask your permission," he resumes, "to offer marriage to Celia for your sake. The chaplain of the prison will perform the ceremony. Before dark, the girl you love will be my widow. My widow is a lady of title a fit wife for the greatest nobleman in the land." The Count protests and refuses in vain. The jailer is sent to find Celia. She appears.
In due course of law, it should have been his duty to take his prisoners before a magistrate, and allowed them to give bail to appear at a given time to answer for this alleged contempt. But Jones elected to keep his prisoners without bail, and to act as his own jailer, and so he encamped in a tent on the prairie, using these United States soldiers as his guard.
"Nay, friend, you are mistaken," said Francisco, taking his hand kindly; "your look, and that perspiration on your brow, tell me that something is the matter with you. Let me call our jailer, and " "Call our jailer!" exclaimed the young man, with a fierce laugh; "d'you think that he'd take any notice of a sick slave? No, when we get sick we are driven out to work till we get well.
The marshal went out, and a few moments later the jailer came back, with a meal which presented a surprising contrast to the ones he had previously served. There was a tray containing cold ham, a couple of soft boiled eggs, some potato salad, and a cup of coffee with rolls and butter. "Well, well!" said Hal, condescendingly. "That's even nicer than beefsteak and mashed potatoes!"
He extinguished the lamp, carefully concealed it, and then went away, closing as well as he could the entrance to the secret passage by the large stone as he descended. It was time, for the jailer was coming. On this occasion he began his rounds at Dantes' cell, and on leaving him he went on to Faria's dungeon, taking thither breakfast and some linen.
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