in charge of a detachment from the United States Army, and accommodations
are provided for visitors.

Alice sat down in one of the chairs, and looked at the big open
fire-place at one end of the guard rooms. She recalled some of its
history that Paul had read to her that morning.

The dungeon was accidently discovered in 1835 and two iron cages,
containing the skeletons of a man and woman, were found fastened to the
wall.

"Poor creatures! What a horror it must have been!" thought Alice, as she
looked toward the narrow opening to the black dungeon.

"Ugh! It's getting on my nerves, staying here!" she exclaimed, for she
was all alone. "I'm going!"

As she rose she heard a noise near the doorway by which she had entered.
Turning quickly, expecting to see one of the company, she was horrified
to see by the light which entered through a barred window, an aged
colored man facing her. He did not approach, but bowing before her
exclaimed in quavering tones:

"Den I find yo', my Missie! Old Jake look eberywhere fo' you,' but he
find yo'! I knowed I'd find yo' some day, an' now I has, but it's been a
pow'ful long time, honey! A long time!" and with outstretched hands, as
he took a battered hat from his head, he approached her. Alice screamed
and got behind the table.