Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-08-21

lie gave me drugs, and L went mad NOR
than once L went mad Oh how [ Ion;
to 60 home to God .
n [ could not look coldly and harshly up
4 OF the pocr weeping Magdalen. l tool
her little pale hand in mine aud wep
with her. As yet she had talked perfect
~ sane She seemed like very excita
bic woman, but not in the least like al
insane one.
One thing was noticeable in my inter
view. She was reclining upon the bed
and | sat also upon the side of it. He,
plain white dress, or robe rather, was fas
tened at the throat and waist, thus con
cealing her whole person, while large
dark blue veil was thrown over her head
hiding her face partially. When ber MOOD
was gentle or religious, whenever her own
consciousness was in the ascendant, her
fingers moved uneasily about her nee -
She would pull the collar away from her
throat and swallow The case was very
touching
But [ have come to see you and help
to save you from the inal penalty, and in
that case you surely would be willing to
live
No, no; I want to go home to my
God | am prepared for death now. The
mode is nothing to me now that L am at
peace with God He is more merciful
than men. He will forgive me and allow
my death to atone for all my evil life
No, | want to die, and | long for tie day
to come. My dress is all ready-very
decent it is. [ shall be carried out-her
| fingers were touching the side of her neck
and die No one viii see my face |
shall be very still, and my Savior-ifting
her eyes-will pity me. The Sisters
promise me that | shall not be SEEN
! They will bury me away where | shall
not be taken up. They have promised me
| they will stay with me and to receive my
body, and all this is better than to
| live, and perhaps lead an evil life again,
and then die unprepared and forsaken of
God Oh no, dear, do not try to save
me-
Surely the weakest heart-the wicked
est heart that ever beat In woman's bos-
om-has spot over which an angel
might rejoice u dim, solitary chamber,
which might be swept and garnished,
and made an aitar-pl for the good
| Father.
But if you 90 to a prison or hospi-
tai aud preserve this frame of mind, you
can do good to others, you can teach the
| ignorant, and comfort the suffering aud
afflicted and take care of the sick and
dying
| L don't know-I don't know; it is
much better fer me to die; | might live
thirty years in prison death seems bet
/ ter
! | looked at her 1.-the, active make and
could easily divine that Imprisonment
would be the greater penalty. L then
told her the melancholy story of Marg
aret Divine. whom | believe to be entire
ly innocent of the crime for which she is
convicted to twenty years solitary imprls-
onment. in the Newark, NewJ ersey,
Penitentiary \ child of fifteen, losing
the best years of her life in prison while
hardened, ruflianly Williams are pardoned
ont. This girl, so young, so gentle, so
hopeless, wearing out her life IN the
prison Of a foreign land, affects me great
| "; aud Mrs Robinson listened and wept
and shuddered at the recital
What a pity she exclaimed, they did
not convict ler'
The public would not allow of her ez-
ecution'
But they will let me die p
| shook my head.
They will, they must. O | am so
sick of the world Look here. please my
poor husband. and --do not know
Where Lam they know nothing of all
this - father aud mother are both
dead Thave concealed my family name,
while live people are curious to know
about me-when [ am dead all will die
with me have promised my brother to
/ be very still to die without betraylng
anything, and when [ am gone, | shall
cease to worry and distress my family. :
Here | am shut out from the world, of
no use in it.sick of it. On, let me go home
] to my God
There was manly courage and good
sense in this forlorn desire for death. 1t
shows, also, that the fear OF it may be
overcome in n.any ways.
/ If YOU are executed, you will be the
| last woman that willN endure the penalty
in our country It will raise storm of
Indignant protest, which will compel our
rulers to annul the statute, at least where
a woman is to be the victim
4 She smiled in very sweet heavenly
manner Then [ shall do some good in
my death Is not God very good if he
will permit sinful craeture like me, not
only to atone for my wicked life, by this
violent death, but may even allow some
good to grow out of it
Y ou are a Roman Catholic i"
| am now Aud since | have had
some one to talk to me, to tell me truly
about myself. and my duty to my God,
am great deal happier. The Sisters Of
. Charity come and talk to me very kindly
they tell me not to wish to live. but tx
take Gods mode of drawing me back t.
himself patiently and willingly
This was very sweet, and gave even al
animated expression to her handsome, bu
: unspiritual face
t Are you now willing to remove you
| veil !?
! Oh yes. for you, but | do not like t
J have strangers come aud stare at me o.
; my trial [ felt could not could no
! be looked at It seemed to me [ shoul,