Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-05

AND women must weep. -
Don't you ever sing any hymns, Doh
eriy2' / says to her one night-more to
see Whit she would say, you know. But
she looked at me and made me no answer,
and passed on. Doherty never quite lost
her ways like other women, when she
was herself. Sometimes she was quite
manageable and gentle in her ways.
That night she didn't sing at all. The
men kept it up, off and on. all night "Is
Doherty in tonight" Hasn't Doherty
Gomez" "Sing us to sleep, Doherty
sing US to sleep!"
But she wouldn't open her lips; and
when morning came-it was snowy
mornlng-and let her out; she tugged
little, this way, Oh my sleeve, as she
went out and said: " Goodby, lieuren-
ant" like lady. She didn't show her.
self again for long while after that.
This winter she's came pretty often.
In December she came nigh her fort
nights term; but she cleared out just in
time. Then again this month. It's been
pretty cold winter, and the woman
seemed sickly, l felt sorry for her. She'd
grown unpleasant looking, and she
coughed. I don't think she had any
place of her own this season, anywhere.
We couldn't find out. The Cap'n and l
felt kind of interest, you see, she'd been
on our book, so long. 1t was only nat
ural. But do assure you, ma'am, there
is nothing to be done for such case.
Nothing whatever. I wouldn't look like
that, if were you. You can't help it.
Him that permits 'em, He strikes 'em off
our books, now and then, into His, mad
anne; and best fol Him and them, and
US, take it, when it happens.
Now, last night, the Esd of February,
that woman, she'd just made out her four
teenth night consecutive; and had it
planned to send her to Tewsbury today.
She'd be warm in the poor house, at least,
tel. glad OF it when we saw her stagger
in. He said: "We've got her this time"
And said: Here again, Doherty9"
went up to speak to her, for felt a
little sorry, too, knowing it was the last
time. For you couldn't understand how
familiar their faccs grow, nor the kind of
feeling that an officer gets about them,
now and then.
There is the entry just as put it down,
after so many times.
No. 81 (she came in rather early)-No.
81. D:-Doherty. Ellen. Vagrancy
Sick" For we saw at once that she was
pretty sick. She'd been beating about in
the storm. The snow was all over her
| noticed she had on clean calico dress.
She stood just where you're standing,
ma'am, while made the entry. 1t took
the snow some time to melt, for it had
seeted some. She looked almost as if
she was in white dress, she was so
covered. She had her hair done up
neat 10.
thought I'd go and see her in the cell
myself. So went down. She walked
very slow and seemed weak. "Tired,
Doherty2" said I.
Lieutenant" said she ''folks used to
call me Nell. Nobody called me DohertY
till begun to come to the police station
don't think anybody called me that till
I'd been into the house, says she.
Then I said, for 1 thought I'd pacify
her if [ could. "Are you sick tonight
Nell?"
"Oh, my God'' says she-just like
that Then she threw up her arms over
her head, aud began to sob an take on.
But she didn't swear. She felt to sick,
l take it. So we put her in with the
rest, and she got into the corner and sal
crying.
1t was not until toward midnight that
she begun. They didn't get we'll in and
Quoted before that. But every now and
then the men would call: "Sing us to
sleep, Doherty Where is Doherty
Doberty Sing US to sleepI'
The storm set In hard toward midnight
1t beats heavily here upon the Office win,
dows, IS you see, ma'am; ana we got q
pretty clean sweep of the wind on &C
count of the street running to the
wharves. I sent down once to see how
Doherty seemed; but the officer reported
that she was quiet, and he wished the resi-
WERE They'd all set in, men and women
he said, in concert, a-crying out, Sing us
to sleep Dohertyr'
Pretty soon she began. could heal
her plain above the roaring of the storm
She began-Doherty began-that-tha
miserable-creetur-s that haG
once been a woman like other womer
folks-excuse me, ma'am; but she hac
been on our BOOKS a gold many years
And I've heard her sing such things!
never looked to be taken by surprise, q.
/ Doherty took me. You're not surprised
very easy in such place as this at any
thing your fellow-sinners do.
But about midnight, when the storm
was at its thickest and the cells were
growing still, Doherty, she sat up and be
gan to sing hymn. She sang:
''Shall we gather at the river''
My boy sings that at Sunday school, ant
my wife she strikes it up the first thin,
on the cabinet-organ every Sunday night
Doherty sang 1t all through:
"At the margin of the river,
Washing up its silver spray,
We shall walk and worship ever,
All the happy golden days."
Those are the words. thought pcrhap
you wouldn't know them. Folks sin
them great deal in the Baptist church
J Before you could have cooke a piste
! it was as quiet as the grave all throug
J this place. The officers looked at one ar
, other. All the men walked up. Th
J women all got together in heap abou
her. The Cap'n said to me: Doherty
singing hymn-tunes!'' said I though
J we'd go down and see; and down we wen
: When we looked in at the grating,
wish. ma'am, you could have seen thes
men ragged, rough, red, drunk. Som
t of 'em taken in awful crimes. No, don
wish you had seen 'em. But there the
' SET, as silent as row of angels on tt
e judment day a listening TO hear that won
: an sing. One another, they said: "Hust
e hushlo An one fellow said: 81 used
!, sing that song myself He was up f;
! assault and battery. Badly beaten, to