“Well, you may now show if you can move it as far, again, and I shall see that while you are moving it you do not move me too, as you did the other, to the hospital.” At that moment I could not speak. Instead I could hear someone speak to me, and the words were: “_I will help you. Take hold._” I did so. As I bent over I could see several trying to get hold of the anvils. I felt that my strength was greater than ever before, and I could see the anvils move along, apparently with ease. After I had moved them to where we wished them to be, I raised up and found that I was all alone. I looked around for the officer and guard, but they were not to be seen. As I was standing meditating as to what I should do, a prisoner all alone with no guard in sight, I wondered if I should call for a guard, or try to move another mass of iron. At that moment a voice called to me. Turning to look, I was confronted by a new guard, whom I had never before seen. We could readily tell the guards by their uniforms. “How does it come,” he said, “that you are outside of your rank and here doing nothing with no guard near?” “Sir, I am here working and had a guard with me.” “Well, where is he now?” “I do not know, sir. While I was lifting these anvils and placing them where we could load them for shipment, he disappeared.” “Go on! What are you giving me? You alone lifting these anvils?” “Yes, sir.” “Do you know that you are not strong enough to lift one end of any one of them, not even the smallest-sized one there?” “Well, I do not understand, myself, how I did it, but I did.” “I think that I shall have to take you to ‘the carpet.’ You are astray from work in some part of this prison.” Dear, oh, dear! Back to “the carpet”! On the way I could hear a hearty laughing, and I felt that I was being ridiculed by my fellow-men, because I was taken so often to the so-called “carpet.” As we knew, usually when an officer was taking a prisoner to the office many times, he was sent for as a punishment for disobeying. In another moment I thought I could not have heard the prisoners laugh, as that was against the rules. Then what did I hear? We at last reached the office, only to find the superintendent gone, the door locked, and no way of getting in, as the door of the office leads inside of the prison walls. Therefore it is necessary to have locked doors at all times. The next thing to do with me was to lock me in my cell, as I could not make the officer believe that I was working when he found me. After some time in my cell I was again sent for, this time by a new guard, and was told to go to the office with him. As we entered I saw several men whom I had never before seen in the office. I noticed that they were officers of the prison. They seemed to be very much excited, and I must say that I too was excited. I did not know what next they would or could do with me. CHAPTER V. OFFICIAL EXCITEMENT.