The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-02-19

spaces, to say nothing of g. huge
crucifix that hangs over the bed.
Besides the. ministrations of the
priests, the Sisters of Charity call
frequently TO pray for him, as do
other women OF divers customs and
nationalities. Altogether he must
feel all soul, only being reminded
tof the. body by all sorts of dainty
eatables, cigarettes, etc. He also
talks religion, holds his own mass,
and feels himself ih no wise to
blame for cutting his wife's throat,
because she "provoked' him, and
that is just what Cox says about
Mrs. -HulPs screams. The men of
to day are too highly strung; they
can't stand provocation, and so it is
if woman is murdered it is all her
own fault. The priests say Pietro
is all ready for heaven. 1t is to be
hoped they will not be disappointed
if he is not hung, but remain conf
dent that he will "keep." He gets
iss many bill ssdoux as Del Puerite
of Her Majesty's Opera Company.
Mrs. Smith snd Bennett are in
the Jersey City Jail, q most delight
full looking retreat in summer, built
of gray stone, snaded by stately
elms, wreathed over with vines. and
a garden ofsweet- scented flowers in
front. Mrs. Smith has been bap-
tized, confirmed and become COM
municant since her Imprisonment.
She is very pretty, little and plump,
with q peach blossom skin, blue
eyes and light, curly hair. She
talks like a sunday-school teacher.
Every other word is "God's will be
DONE" She listens with lively in
terest to the gossip OF the outside
world, and points with satisfaction
to the bright yellow canary who
pipes away merrily, Indifferent to
another set of bars. A Bible or
prayer book is always in Mrs.
Smiths little white hands.
She has forgiven the wicked world
its abuse, and if she gets out all
right will live "like a num-" For
months and months after her i'm
prisonment no woman visited her,
in spite of her not being proven
guilty, as was the case with Cox
or Balbo; and Bennett, though far
superior to his companions in mis-
cry, could not be forgiven, because
he was supposed to have killed
man instead of the woman he loved.
Lately, however, a number of the
charitably disposed women, led by
the wife of her counsel, have visited
Mrs. Smith, and do good to her, in
spite of the fact that she will crimp
her hair and look pretty in a calico
dress.
Covert Bennett is more refined
and gentlemanly in his manner and
appearance than nine tenths of the
young gentlemen who help consti
tute society. He is good looking
to the verge of being handsome,
with regular features, dark blue
eyes and wavy, light brown hair.
He talks we'll, is master of three
languages besides his own, and his
brief career on the stage taught him
the use of his voice, which is per-
feet in its modu.ations. He talks
less religion than the rest, but he
has SHOWN more in trying to bring
all the odium upon himself, instead
Of letting it rest or throwing it upon
the woman. He even refused mon
ey from his relatives for new trial,
because they made the offer condi
tional on none of its being used for
her; and because he does not chant
and pray aloud, and will not give
up loving the woman with whom he
stands in such fearful position, he
gets less sympathy and fewer deli
cacies.