Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-12
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE SWEETS OF LIBERTY.

80 Liberty! thou goddess heavenly
bright! Protuse of bliss and pregnant with
delight" Every bard has sung the joys 0.
Liberty; every writer has said his say upon
her glories. Patriots have died for her, and
statesmen-modern ones especially
made her a convenient stalking horse The
subject being such stock one, and apt
quotations so plentiful, there is no need t.
dilate upon the frame of mind In which Mrs
Miller's acquaintance, Mr.. Maurice Hervey
late No 1850, found himself, when Portland
prison at length discontinued its ungrudging
AMI machine-liko hospitality and restored
him to the outer world, a free man save for
the formalty Of once month reporting him
self to the police, and that general suspicious
surveillance which is so irksome to the
usually modest and retiring nature Of
ticket-of-leavo man.
The goddess heavenly bright" showed heI
face, the first time for some years, to Mau
rice Hcrvcy on tho very day when s
Clauson and Sylvanus Mordle went to Black,
town.
Mrs Miller, who had manifested so keer
- interest in the felon's enlodgement re-
Mained in complete ignorance of the happy
svent. This was duo to no omission on her
part. She had written twice to tho governor
Of Portland, begging that the date Of the
convict's rclca2e might he made known tc
her. The letters were dated not from Oak.
bury, but from some plac in London. The
first letter was duly acknowledged, and the
Information vouchsafel that the date coulG
not be exactly fixed To the second letter
she received no reply. The reason for such
apparent discourtesy was this:
The day of tho mans emancipation was
drawing very near, SO lie was told that his
friend had written, and he was asked il he
wished to DO sent to London to meet her.
lie cast down his eyes and in respectful
way stated that he was sorry to say that he
attributed his present shameful position tC
certain evil counsel which the writer had
given him, and which he had followed. He
did wish to be sent to London, but would
rather avoid this woman than seek her
After this avowal Mrs. Miller's letter re.
maincd unanswered.
He was an educated villain, who had been
sentenced to five years. penal servtude for
uttering forged bills. Like most such men,
who are sent into seclusion for the good OF
the community, Maurice Hervey was able to
realize, without such severe treatment as
vas needed to convince the Apostle Paul,
that kicking against pricks is foolishness.
Jlo had been ordered to pay certain debt.
Misbehavior meant that the debt would be
good conduct would in time tighten the obi.
CATION and induce his creditor to accept a
handsom composition. So he did to the
best of lis ability such work as was al
lotted to him. He was too clever to attempt
the elbow-worn trick Of interesting the
chaplain by a pretended conversion. He
sagely reflected that chaplains must by this
time have grown wide awake. But Le wore
a contented, inofrensive look, spoke ciyilly to
his jailers, complained Of nothing, and gave
no trouble. 1t was only in the secluson Of
his circumscribed cell OF corrugated iron
that No. 1880 scowled, grated his teeth and
clenched his hands. 1t was only there that
while his heart craved for personal freedom
his lips noiselessly framed bitter curses and
VOWS Of vengeance.
30 1t Is that IL upon his return to freedom
Ar. Hervsy had given his experiences Of