The Penn's Grove record., 1883-11-03
THE AND SON.

through b grating or n door, JUS
sufficient to reveal the scantiness of the
rugged furniture, and throw a forbid.
ding shadow over the features of the
doomed occupant.
He sat on a low bench, resting his
temples on his palms, his head dropping
between his knees. His hair was
much matted and tumbled, and bore
striking evidence of a night of unrest.
Now and then his thick lips moved,
as if they were trying to syllable words
long forgotten. His dull eye rolled
restlessly over the little circuit of floor
within its range, bleared, red, and
bloodshot. To fairly describe him,
would be but to describe a monster.
HIS countenance wore no expression
so deeply stamped on its every Inca
ment, as that of brutality.
As a d%arkening shadow occasionally
threw itself down upon the floor,
diminishing what little light was yet
left him, he half lifted his head, turn
ing his face toward the door.
Presently the jailer himself passed.
The criminal raised his form to its
fullest extent on the seat.
"Has he come yet?" he asked, spas
mod;ooIly u-b;Io bis ovau oIou,ad With
an unaartbIv jnstra
The ;aiIar simniv shook his head
The man relansed AGAIN into his
~previous state of loom and s~nlIenness,
s.Oh Godi This strange feelinOi Oh
my how nv hovT3
These hitter calculations had heen
ont Of his moutn bnt a few minutes
when a kew raTtled in the lock
He looked mn suddenly. and the
door onened
DHaI halp he exclaimed throwing
M his manacIed hands. the chains
cIIlkinp loudly in his ears lyon are
herel NV bov' oh. INV boyin
..My tatberl Do Won love me yet?,,
5rbev enlhraeed H#8ff
ne son,s head Law on the neck of
the ouiltv father as nuietIy AZ if II
we're reposing ON the white bosom of
innocence. Two others stood near. to
witness this last agonizing~ interview.
Ihey uttered not a word through it
All Their Inns were dumb. For several
minn1es NOT n word was spoken.
TSe heavy hreathing~half sobbing-
of lbe father could be heard distinctly.
as his -capacious chest pressed c~onyul.
sivelv AGAINST that of his striuIinp son
The deep and long signs of the latter
almost drew tears of COMPASSION from
fine ayes that Witnessed his extreme
AGONY.
.Father AZ last he said. in a very
faint. and child-like5 voice. his arms
s,jl wound tightlv about tho neck of
I,is narant ssdear fatbarIn
He hesitated. And inallybnrst into
tears The condemned parent clung
In him vet more closely.
s.Only saw that am innocentln
broke forth The bov. .sYou are to die.
Do IoI die without taking This GREAT
load off nv s~hauldersln
Then The monster took his ~offsprinp
Inv the sboulder. and pushed him SLOWLY
and deliherateIy back from him as if
he were a mere nIavtbing gazing sto.
idly into his ta.e.
-1be tears were rolling down his
cbeeks and his whole exnression WAS
that of infantiIe s~upplication.
"No-no nv Inv . he said in a
wbisner that sounded like fine hiss of a
@rentile IN that gloomy cell ..you are
innocentI Tell the world n a Won arei
lTbev WI believe youf TEL them Won
arc not guiItvIn
s.Slai1 I-may I tell them. father
that vom saw I am ~innocentp Nav / saw
th:s 10 Them and then keen nv mama
clear from stain and raint rs ono as I
Gvs2r,
s,,od forbid that Won sbou,d do a
murderl,; EXCLAIMED h father tho
Victim Of -contendino emot;ons "If
vnm haya dona this az iaast T ~srffori
WI DO Won comnlain tban5 Nc NV
h,u1 a1d h., nattad his cbild,s ALL
80 - u,b rris oroat hranrnv hand
80 NV how thsS viii navsr 6al;ava
,hat a. 3hI tbisI Io"v nan the,9 wv
taIIs 1ben tbst Won didySl "
aspnt all uDiIi not haI;avo ;,st asI ,ou
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on NJ" fa,'saui aan gg"oan .his ama
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t Int = 80 NJ Tivai Thsa,s anI I yua' n Ia,
40 ynm won, NC 70 100 'o"' VIC"
.Jmstics 70 me . sobhed the son
the hardened father, hugging his off
A.A& 80 $500 A--