The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-03

you've been here 60 long that You must have
| become ueed to 1t by this time.n
used to it!" he cried, stepping up 90 close "a
| US that we involuntarily retreated q pace, and
glaring at us with wicked, vengeiul gaze
Used to 1t Would you have got used to i in
that time /"
"Were you grown-up man ahen you came
here ~ was the next q1estion.
From what they tell me" he responded, "a
boy of lfteen thinks he is man ia these days.
"Why are you not let out of this place?o
~ don't know. Don't ask me why they keep
me here. You ought to know the reason better
than do; you're on the outside, you've got the
papers, and yoa ought to know everything"
The rest of the conversation was devoted
principally to the tobacco question, Ford re-
marking that every one who came to see him
ought to bring po1nd OF the weed as present.
As we lett the cell we SAID to hint
"Would you not feel better If you had some
work to doyn
In answer TO which he exclaimed
You just bring along lot of tobacco tne
next time you come; can work on that well
enough!r
And so we left the man who, for nearly nine
teen years, has lived with a moose about his
neck, and yet never found it tighten upon him.
From the cell of Ford we we're conducted to
tha. of
George s. TwitcheII, Jr.
gcnteel young man. faultless in attire, even
when boltcd and barred from the world with
hair smoothly arranged as If expecting visitors;
in good spirits, as If no pent-up Uuca interfered
with the freedom OF his will and whims; dis
posed 10 converse on trivial subjects, as If no
fell doom impended over him-he received the
company which presented itself at his cell dolr
with touch Of elegance and an air of hos
pitality. g.
II am sorry, gentlemen were his first words,
after the civilities customary in the great world
outside had been rgidly observed-"I am very
sorry gentlemen, that there are not chsrs for
you all. Make yourselves comfortable as far as
the facilities will permit"
He had seated himself upon the rough
blanket of his cot, after taking each OF our
party by the hand and now, as he looked
around and saw how meagre were his accom-
modatiOns in com oarsou with the numoer Of
| his guests, he rose again. and moved to the head
| of the couch, motion,n to some of US 10 share
| his seat.
The cell was a model OF nea tuess and COM
! Portable as far as neatness with scanty material
! to work upon could lender II. On the bed lay
an open pocket tbible-"and may God OF His in6-
mite goodness have Mercy upon his soul ~ were
the closing words of the death doom pronounced
TWO days before-whlle ON Il little stand, which
broke the monotony of the opposite wall, we're
thrown carelessly two or three other volumes.
This stand, the cot.upon the floor, and the Two
chairs, both of them new, com prised dearly the
entire outfit of the room. Against the wall a..
the head OF the cot hung a trihe of mirros not
larger than q chlds hand and on the ledge of
the narrow grated window stood two smalI Ves-
sells. Both were filed with earth, and in one
were few sprigs OF odoroas helotrope while
over the o.her rambled 5 tiny creeping vine, as
If clamoring for that gracious freedom OF light
and air which were needful to luller and more
| vigorous life. What volume of sad and solemn
thought was bound up in these stray crumbs Of
earth, and unfolded in these dwarfed aud with
ering plants! The chance to nucture, and
watch, aud cherish such garden may keep
mans brain from reeliug into madness, may
nerve his heart to face death at the hands of
I the outraged law
The apartment in which we found Twtchell
was not the one known as the Condemned
CELL that being tenanted at present by Derry
Eaton. He was the FIRST to inform US that he
had occupied 1t since Saturday only. II is said
that, on his return 10 prison on that day, his
feelings got the better of his composure, and
found vent in tears for two iull hours. Then he
became somewhat composed, and at the time OF
our visit had reassumed his old and indifferent
bearing.
Although the interview with the prisoner
lasted some minutes, and he chatted with much
freedom until we left him, our conversation
for the most part was of the most commonplace,
| with no such humorous sallies as had thrown
a ieeting CLEAN of sunshine into the cell of
Ford. Only twice was the subject Of the great
tragedy which has not yet ceased to be the
wonder OF the town broached by either side.
We referred casually TO the rapid and favorable
termination OF the trial of his wife, and
| in answer he exclaimed, without the slightest
touch of enthusiasm in his tone;-
| 'Yes, they got through with II soon. was
/ very much gratided, indeed, with the result"
Nothing more on this subject, exceptto assent
| demurely to our suppositon that he hs been
visited by her since her release from custody.
| Since his sentence to death on SatGcday,
| however, Mrs. TWi chell hai not ma lie her ap-
! pearance at the prison-a crcumstauc3 which
may possibly account for his seeming lack OF
interest in her fate.
We also adverted TO the effort which was,sull
| being made in his behalf, by carrying his case
| before the Supreme Court, touching when be
| merely remarked that he had bat little bope In
| this world.
When the subject OF his pers )n4l comloTt'@as
| approached, he spoke quite freely in praise OF
! the prison officials and their uniform e1urtPsy
! al