The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-09-02

But alas the eyes Of Grimble and
Trent were upon him, and above all
the stern finger of inexorable Duty
rose up before him, and melting the
wax Of Silence at the flaming sword
of Justice, imposeda seal upon his lips.
CHAPTER Nv. o
"Gracious Goodness r. exclaims Fe-
male sensibility, "and will the dear,
fresh-colored, bald little gentleman
be actually transported to Botany
Bay? -"
My dear Miss,-a little patience.
A criminal before such consum-
nation has to 60 through more pro-
cesses than a new pin, First, is Mrs.
Glasse says Of her hare, he has to be
caught, then examined, committed,
and true-billed, d,-arraigned, convicted
and sentenced. Next, he must, per-
haps, be cropped, >waahed, and cloth,
ed, ,-hulked and shipped, and finally,
if he does not die Of ssea-siekness, or
sahipwreck, or get eaten by, the ma
tives, he may toll out his natural
term in Australia, as q; stone,breaker,
a acattlekeeper, or a domestic ser
Yantl s''.,,,; /, ,,,'., tx z..;Ir,. .:,..
"Dear me- how: dreadful ! And
for a man, perhaps, like Mr.. PrYme,
of genteel habits and refined notions,
accustomed to all the Injuries Of life,
and every delicacy Of the season. I
should really like to- set on foot a
little private subscription, for pro-
viding him with the proper comforts
in prison and a becoming outfit for
his voyage"
My dear young lady, I can appre-
ciate your motives and do honor to
your feelings. But before you go
round with your book among rela-
tons, acquaintance, and strangers,
soliciting pounds; shillings, and pence,
from people of broad, middling, and
narrow incomes, just do me the favor
to look into yonder garret, exposed to
us by the magic Of the Devil on Two
Sticks, and consider that respectable
young woman, engaged At past mid.
night, by the light of a solitary rush
light; in making skirts at three half:
pence apiece, and shifts for nothing
Look at her hollow eyes, her wither:
ed cheeks, and emaciated frame, for
it is q part Of the internal bargain
that she is to lose her own health and
find her own needles and thread.
Reckon, if you can, the thousands Of
weary stitches it will require to sew,
not guests and seams, but body and
soul together: and, perhaps, after all
her hard sewing, having to sue a
shabby employer for the amount Of
her pitiul earnings. Estimate, il
you may, the terrible wear and tear
of head and heart, of liver ane lungs.
Appraise, on oath, the value of youth
wasted, spirits outworn, prospects
blasted, natural affections withered in
the bud, and all blissful hopes ami.
hilated except those beyond the
grave ';:;;~
".What! by that horrid, red faced,
bald-pated, undersized little mon.
ster p ..+
No, MissT;:-but by a breach ol
trust on the. per- of.a banker of gen.
teel habits and refined notions; &C
customed to all the luxuries oflife, and
every delicacy Of the season.
20, the abominable villain! And
did he ruin himself as we'll as the
poor ladys" :'''','
Totally.
"And was transported ?"
Quite. ..'S' s,.','.''..
"What, to Botany ?" ..f
| No, Miss. To the loveliest part o1
Sussex, where: he is condemned to
live in = commodious = cottage resi-
dence, withpleasureground and kitch-
en-garden annexed, capital shooting
and fishing, and within reach Of two
packs of hounds :,,...->. -. -: =
shameful! scandalous !--why, it's
no punishment at ALL" -; sse.~ !,
No, Miss. And then to think oi
the hundreds and thousands Of emf.
grants s,-English, Scotch, and Irish
who, for no crime but poverty, are
compelled to leave their native coun.
try,-the homes and hearths of their
childhood,-the graves Of their kind
red the land of their fathers, and
to settle,-if settling it may be called,
in the houseless woods and wilder
nesses of a foreign cline. w..
20, shocking! shocking But if /
was the government, the wicked,
fraudulent bankers and trust-break-
ers should be- sent abroad too. Why
shouldn't they.3tbe Punishedf with
passage-money and grants of land as
we'll as the poor, innocent iemigrants,
and be obligedato settle in foreign
partsfss Ss3sls@is5ssat Yt&is.E, 'fvl !
d1 Ahs.wby; indeed. .n Miss except,
ss .s.s&2 Ia 81 ''soise! styas i s:ssss p;
Except what, sir '''3 Eyo :7z7,s> - =,
Why, that embezxlers and iswind-
Elers,l by all aooo,tnts, are such very ~ bad
settlers.' SEter6&& s@szz:as'sH. sosss:24a /
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CHAPTER ". j,
But Nj. Pryme =
|, That little bald, ford, fidgety per