St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-15

WARD falters. Then he bends his head as he
enters a long, low-ceilinged room filed with
rows Of rough wooden benches. stih-Dacked
and implanted At each end is an immense
picture of the Hudson river, seen through
brick arches. 1t is the fancy of some poor,
prison-pent artist. In the front of the hall is
platform surrounded by yellow rails and
fianked by low fences. A pale convict s1ts at
the organ and seven other eonvicts with viols
and clarionets suddenly send burst OF loud
music through the room. WARD sits i'll the
middle of a bench thirty feet from the pulpit
with its open Bible. A burglar rubs elbows
with him on one side and q manslaughterer
on the other. The pale mans eyes wander.
The choir sings Twill JESUS Find Us watch
ing?" and 600 voices roar out the words In
harmony. WARD is silent and trembling. Now
the choir sings "Why Do You Waltz" WARD
starts in Justify in shrill tenor voice at the
beginning of the next hymn, nodding his head
gently and beating time with his little foot as
he sings
"The mistakes of my life have been many,
The sins of my heart have been more,
And scarce can see for my weeping,
But I'll knock at the open door.
know am weak and sinful
1t comes to ME more and more:
But when the dear Savior shall bid me come
in
I'll enter the open door,"
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simple sermon, and little, jolly Brother
BROWN talks common sense and wrestles
vigorously with Satan. The choir sings
waiting and Watching for Me- and quar-
tet murmurs Eternity The next mo-
ment handsome young fellow advances to
the front of the platform and renders 20,
Fair Dove O. Fond Dover in sweet BARI
tone voice, after which a deep bass voice
declaims, 1--WE Gather En- H." It's all over,
and the long line marches down again.
WARD empties his slop- bucket with the rest,
takes his loaf of bread and three-quart can of
apple sauce on his bent arm and shuffles back
to his lonely CELL
Such was the first Sabbath of the erst Ma
PoLEON of finance in prison. When Keeper
TIERNAN came around tho prisoner eagerly
asked about the prison rules and wondered
how other men stood confinement
''If l have nothing but prison food offered
me- he said bitterly, "I'll starve."
''Oh, no you WON'T said the kind-hearted
keeper; you'll get fat on it. Keep a stout
heart and you'll be all right YETI
Warden BRUSH said that WARD would be
treated as an ordinary convict His money
could not procure him any immunity from
the common lot. Chief Keeper CoNNAUGHTON
said that WARD only weighed 129 pounds when
he arrived at the prison, but would weigh at
least 135 pounds within six months. WARD
has been assigned to work on the second floor
of the stove-mounting shop, his task being
to fit the rough castings before they
are finished. The work is easy and
comparatively clean. He will begin his labor
at 1880 o'clock in the morning and end it at
in the afternoon. The state will receive sc
cents day for his services. From the little
window at which his vice and tools are located
the prisoner can see the lovely green Kinder
hook and the smooth river ripping softly
through its slopiug shores towards the great
city in which he broke one great heart and
wrecked so many lives and fortunes.