The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-01-10

Wen, SO ths was sen, 70 tie lloate for
thirty dAys; and BY aad BY she waa bark
again She came Of her own seoord that
time. said she oouldn'l get anything to
do. seems 10 me sbe said she wahled
bopcst work. They do say II once in ;
while. And IL was pretty cold night.
She came for place TO sleep.
90 after that VIC got pretty well nsesl 10
her; bu, mostly after she begun TO drink,
and alter, like the rcst, II don't take
long. Their own mothers wouldn't know
'em mostly 10 three years or 90; less,
maybe, as Il happens.
Wen, yes. Oar rule Is: come fort.
nigh, aud you go. When one comes
steady for Two weeks every night, then II
is a case Of yagraney and We can send 'sm
TO the Almshouse. But Doherty, she was
pretty careful. She grew smart as she
grew worse. II she got taken up, II
wasn't for long pull. Never knew her
in the House at The longest more than
three months at = time. And when she
come to lodge, she steercd pretty clear Of
the law-eoming for a few nights, yon
see, aud then of again, on her own ways.
They're more afraid Of The almshouse
thaR they are Of hell, these folks.
SO oshe got to be pretty old customer
always come to this station. don't
know but that was my fault, Once ! give
her pair OF my wife's shoes. II was one
January morning, twelve below zero.
She hadn't any stockings, only a pair Of
old rubbers, and her feet came through
onto The pavement, and ii was pretty icy.
| suppose | might have lost my place for
it. Ehl Cap'nI But don't think Doh
erty ever told Of me.
SO YOU see. ma'am, we've all got kind
OF dependent on ber. Should have miss
ed the creetur, dare say, If she hadn't
come, You get SO used TO the same Thing
You know, much as you do TO your ten,
per or your whiskerS She'd come 10,
aud I'd say: Well, Doherty, back again
Aud generally went down myself to sec
her in the cell. Sometimes do, with the
old hands, She grew TO be q pretty
tough case, Doherty did, And yet there
was always something | liked about Doh
erly.
You see she used TO sing. Sometimes
they do. And once or twice I've had a
chap here who could draw portraits Of
the rest. Scrawl the walls all over, If be
WASN'T watched One of the worst cases
we ever bad on these books, bis name
was Gsffrey- Peter Gafrrey. Killed an
officer, finally, with horse shoe. lie
used to talk Latin when he was drunk
and some other language. thonght il
was Dutch; but the Chief heard him, and
said he guessed 1t was Greek. The fell
low used TO get the rest all ranged round
like an audience, aHd then go at 1t. BnI
generally they talk religion. It's more
popular
This Doherty that | speak of, she had
a beautiful voice. Pm something OF {
judge of music. My wife sings in choil
in Baptist church. There was lady
happened here once-wanted to get som,
scholars for her Bible class, she said ant
she heard Doherty sing. 1t was one o
her sprees. | wouldn't have bad LADY
heard Dohcrty sing that night, if I'd beer
in time TO stop it. None Of the men arr
often quite like that. This lady she grew
so faint we had to carry her away. Sht
didn't come again. 1t was early-sil
O'Clock in the morning, too-and she'C
come all the way from the West End t
see the women before they were let out
We let them go at six o'clock. The!
don't get in very thick ill toward mid
night. BY one O'Clock we're pretty full
Time and again I've set up here look
ing over the books at dead of night, alon,
along with an officer or SO, and heard th,
call 90 up from man somewhere dowt
below;
Doherty Sing us 10 sleep, Doherty
Sing us to sleepl
And then Doherty from the women
cell would hear them, through the wall
aud she'd begin. Aud the tlghliug anc
the swearing aud all the horrid nois
would quiet down; and, true enough,
think they slept | had a Newfonndlan,
| dog that went TO sleep when my wifi
1 played the cabinet organ. Sometime
that woman would sing enough TO max
4 your flesh creep She'd lost all ber look
/ by that time. But she never sang s.
when she was sober. Aud sometime
she'd strike up a pretty thing, as clea
aud sweet as the hush-a by my own bah
hears, ma'am, from my own wife's lips
Sometimes she sang Aud Lang syne 0
Home, Sweet Home; aud once that wo
mau picked Up song called Three Fishers
Maybe you know Il. You could hear he
all over this great building:
For men mast w0rk, aad women must woep,
And women must weep .--
4 Don't you ever sing any hymns, Dol
ertyf | says to her one nigbt-more I
see what she would say, you know Bu
she looked at me and made me no aui
wer, aud passed on. Doheriy never quit
lost her ways, like other women, wbe
she was herself Sometimes she va
quite manageable and gentle In her wayi
That night she didn't sing at all Til
men kept !, up, OF aud on, all night:
Doherly 10 tonight Ilasn't Doheri
oonel slug Us TO sleep, Doherty! Sin
Us 70 sleep!
Bat she wouldn't open her ips; an
when morning cAme-il was snow
morning -snd let her out, she tugged