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16 TEXAS HISTORY STORIES
of wood fitting one upon the other, with half-circular
holes in each for the prisoner's legs. To make a bad
matter worse, thousands of insects crawled over his
body and bit him day and night.
Bean soon came to think that the castle and his
lizard were more to be desired than the hospital with its
insects and stocks. On the morrow he would say he
was well and go back to his cell. But that night he was
taken with a real fever, and was ill for twenty days.
When he got well, he was started back to the castle
guarded by two soldiers. His irons had been knocked
off, but in their place a chain of about fifteen pounds'
weight was fastened to each leg. He could walk only
by wrapping the chains around his waist. His illness
had left him very weak, yet he determined to make a
break for liberty.
The party stopped at an inn by the roadside to get
some refreshments. The soldiers, not thinking that a
man, weak and chained as Bean was, would try to escape,
did not watch him very closely. While they were
busy eating and drinking Bean escaped through the
back door and made for the woods near by.
With a piece of steel which he had for striking fire
he cut off his irons. Then, he says, "I sat down in a
shady grove, where the singing of birds and the
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Littlejohn, E. G., 1862-. Texas History Stories: Ellis P. Bean and Stephen F. Austin., book, 1901; Richmond, Virginia. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14383/m1/18/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.