Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-03-02
THE LADIES' CORNER.
aOepartmsnt Made Up Especially
for Their Perusal.
Tslass Pleasing, Instructive, and Curious
feminine F1RcisS aad PECULIAR
ti,s-XoTan'S Work.
womAwS SINGULAR LAST &, QUEST.

lone Ofthe most curious experiences
that ever bslsl me, =" writes an English
government official, twas when was
governor Of jail in Lancashire. OF
course the most iguorsut, as we'll IS the
most degraded, came in my way. One
Ufthem was woman Of sixty, muir
deress. Theehaplain could do nothing
with her-he very seldom can with
those who are condemned to death;
they have something else 10 listen to
besides mere words. Days, and even
weeks before timber Is raised or q nail
has been driven in, they hear the gal
lows being put up. This poor creature
however, was not troubled in that way:
she had not the imagination for it. she
had not even the instructive fOretaste
OF her fate that the dumb animal feels
on the threshold Of tine slsughter-hO
There was no good by 10 make, for she
had neither relative nor friend i'm the
world; the world she was to leave Mon
day. saturday night she sent for me.
II had been pouring day, Is most No.
yember days in Lancashire ale, and as
/ entered her cell the sound of the rain
upon the roof heightened the melanc.
holy effect Of the scene to an eXtraOrdiu-
aTy degree. To those who knew the
circumstances OF the case she was
scarcely sn object Of pity, for the muir
der ~ue had committed was most
brutal and sPpSiling one; but it Was
inpu be 10 behold her without st4r
Ing TIER wretcGeanesS. SHE was stand
ing under the barred black window
viii her eyes fixed upon it, listening
apparcutly 10 the splash OF the Storm,
but she turned quickly round As came
in and faced me. 'Guv'uer,' she said,
SIS it true that | am To be hung tO-mOr-
row. IL was not easy To reply TO snch
q question in words, and l only inclined
my head grayeiy. Is it far from here
i mean the gallOws@ 'AbOuI fiiCy
yaIdS; directly in trout Ofthe jail gates
'Ay, ny; | mind the place we'll; l sew
join Norris hung there when l WAS 3
gal. Then one will walk to it, won't
one There was q touch # disappoiuJ.
met IN her tone which / could MT
understand, though j guessed the ~
sor ul il afterwards. YES, we shaN al
walk Very good! I've been thlakiug
Of summat as / should like to do. WI!
you grant me last favor, Guv'ner? i
told her, Of course, that anything that
anything that lay in my power, and
which my duty permitted me To do,
would be done for her. We'll, to.mOr-
row will be wet, you see, that's certain.
Now, never in all my life has it hap
pened to me to walk under 8 silk um-
bIells. Will you let me do it just this
onee?' / gave her, Of course, the re-
quired assurance, and her warden re-
ported afterwards that she went to bed
in good spirit and passed ga excellent
night. Her first words on being awak-
sned in the morning were to inquire if
it raiDed, and, on being informed that
it did, she expressed her satisfaction.
The rest Of the sad ceremony seemed TO
interest her very little; bu, never shall
j forget how her dull, hard face bright
ened up az the sight Of the new silk um-
brella that was presented to her. She
held it over her head to the gsllOws'
foot, with hand which, il il trem 5led
NJ all, did 50 with conscious pride.