THE ESCAPE
A Northern soldier was captured while visiting a friend in the South during the Civil War. He was tried and condemned to be shot at daybreak, as a spy, in spite of the protestations of his host. During the night a letter, after passing through the hands of his captors, was delivered to him. In the morning the room in which he had been confined was empty. He had escaped. The letter, which was in the handwriting of the owner of the house, furnished the clue to the escape. Can you see how? It was as follows:
“Kamby says Edith is worse. You asked me to write if she began to fail, and I am complying with your request. So, if the Union of the North can spare you, come. Do not delay, for Edith is very ill. Remember, she is waiting for you.
“Most sorrowfully,
“Adjutant Thomas.”
—Leslie W. Quirk.
