, 1875-01-10

placed in line. she wringing her hands and howl
ing rs vigorously Us it she wore attending the
| wake Of the last Of the Irish Kings.
At thus 1uncture came in an officer ACCOM-
panied BY the husband Of the female dervl.l,
who proved to possess only an arm aad = half.
the missing fraction having been lost ic his
adopted countrys cause. The scene which en-
| sued could not have been e1celled in Demon
t stratlve Affection BY any which were enacted By
them IN the days they we're young together, md,
innocent Of TRANSATLANTIC benzinc, they van
dered together over the hills Of the sould sod.
| The veteran Ct war and Of domestic iufelcity
! explained he kac
| NO MONEY
| to Gquidate hsa npouae's tine, but his pinshun
obtain ard do the fair thing, il they would only
let Erdget OF compromise was accordingly
atF:::red, and she was left behind
THE NEXT STOUT
ir.o the bull-pen called forth young man Of
that he looked is ii he had been passed
through = waatioe- machine without being
cleansed. His face Was grimy aud
wo-begone, his hands would have taken
all the tricks. if dirt had been trumps hu
all night, and bis once jaunty st1h round fell
hat had perceprible traces OF sawdust upon it
He felt his degradation to the core Hc waa al
together pitiabla. He had baen feasting th4
night previous On the fat Of tho land aud th<
friest Of liquids, and WAS now tasting the huskav
and drinking the dregs resulting from JAM
boree that had left him financially high and dsy.
He had not even 43 whe1avith to appease OUT
ragged Justice. He pleaded.
s. My friends DO not know where I am. II
can send to them they will pay my fns." Ad-
dressing tho Conductor he inquired. 4 Ia this tht
way they trent people hero? cannot get
messenger"
"They do pretty much as they Lie hsre. GET
into line"
Quietly and ruefulIy submitting to his fate. hs
obeyed.
The next, and last. was young man who had
evidently been there before, but presented nd
appearance Of belonging to the altogetherviciou1
class. In fact. the Uholo batch was "a uninter.
estng and uucrlminal looking = lot as ever Wal
seen. They were mere waits OF crime, not i'll
followers.
They were marched down and cut two by two
each pair in charge Of an officer, the conductor.
writer, and Il few etragglers bringing up th&
rear. The crowd on the sidewalk divided to lei
them pass, and gazed lnteutiy into their faces.
The dl1apldated swell hung his head. The noisy
youngsters who were fighting for the possession
Of the steps Of Black Maria were with SOME diff
Guilty dispersed, aud tho prisoners duly ushered
in As the writer stepped in he was uncona-
fortabiy conscious Of being viewed a. no better
than the rest Of them. and overheard the very
audible inquiry OF bystander, t. I wonder what
that last fellow is going up for?"
both women, we're found in the van, this making
only six in all Is the mornings produce Of tho
police courts. For the paucity OF members tho
conductor WAS somewhat apolosetic, declaring
that they sometimes had no less than forty pas
sengers, though how that quantity could be
slowed away seemed very much Of ! mystery.
There was another point also On which be soem-
ed to think an apology WIS due thar WAS tho
absence Of the eaatomar. Bridgeport stencil.
- In cold weather" he said, :. the smell is not
had hr4kt 3at r. tnH
Der once carrying ont q Times reporter, and he
had to cave in and ride On the top, which
thought rather peculiar, Is I Thought from hin
occupation he would be used to bad odor."
OF the two women already 10 the Marin, one
was middle-aged Irish woman who resoluteIy
kept the further end from the door and neyer
turned her head. The other Was
YOUNG GIRL,
not over 16 years. OF age, rather pretty, with the
conventional striped blue-and-white dress of l.
jauntlly on her head, though suffering from
1as;sh dinge in tha Crowd. 4 light cloak bnt
lily protected her from the severe weather. Ho
must have been stoic who could have withheld
her thore, with little trace Of dissipation in hex
fair young features. she was plainly novice,
md "a such fitting object OF charity;
that is, IS long as she held her tongue. Sha had
snugggled herself comfortably into the corner,
near the door, when the crowd entered, but s1ae
Was bads make way for the visitor.
THEN SHE OPENED OUT.
IT am hairptn, am, and I'll not give wa3
for anybody. can drink more whisky and do
more lighting than any white girl in Chicago"
she profezsed, and in which she apparently
gloried- And abe wound up hsr. disgusting
diatribe With the expressed determlna-
ton Of returning to her hfo Of
shame when her time was "uorked out
at the prison. Placing her feet on the opposite
seat between two OF the male prisoners, abe at
length lapsed into silence. but not before al
trace Of compassion for her had beon almost en-
tirely erad;cated. And yet this WIS hor first im-
prisonment, and she still wanted four years OF
Meanwhile the Black Maria moved on its way
With the exception OF the women, every eys
was strained to catch glance Of the outward
world through the opening in the door.
Of tobacco from seedy tin box, aud
even it had done duty before, as w2s evident as
he showed his nsishbor by his side the empty
box. The foriorn one settled his ba: down ever
his eyes: turned up bis coat-coliar, and, plainly
CURING his uniucky stars. doggedy Withdrew into
his shell OF bitter thoughts. Craning the neck
to look outside became too painful to be pursued
long, and, bsfore ona-haf the distance to tho
prison was reached, the whole party
SANK INTO MOODY SILENCE.
inst, however, as the carriage turned into the
prison-grounds, tho dansol Of the blua-and-
white dress inquired how much further it was-
Being informed it WAS about 2 miles. sha
vented her dissatisfaction in few ezpletives,
which we're scarcely uttered ere the door Of tbs
prison vaa reached, and the prisoners were max
shalled into the Superlnteudonts office
HERE TIE USUAL QUESTIONS
as to tile age, nationality, occupation, previous
imprisonment etc., OF the prisoners we're asked,
and their answers duly recorded. The cuprits
wore assigned to their respective wards, nons
being more aoaahed, at the last moment, than
the brazeu one OF unbashlul l6.