St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-10

TtN/7CUSEC few bars of a comic
ditty. His morning greeting TO the
guards was more than light-hearted.
JuStas he was about to leave the cell
picture on the wall
FELL TO THE FLOOR.
SIS that good or bad omen"' he
inquired, with laugh. well, never
and have breakfast" Toasted bacon,
baked potatoes, boiled eggs, toast
and coffee were the selections that the
condemned man had made from the
menu for his morning meal, and the
guards commented upon the fact that
he ate heartier and with better appetite
than he had done for many day.
Breakfast over he lighted a cigarette,
and commenced to promenade up and
down the corridor. After few turns
he stopped before Deputy Sheriff Skid
more, blew out a wreath of pale smoke
and watched it curl in the air, and then
remarked in jaunty tone: ''Well, FIJI
play you game Of dominoes." "Pll go
NOu," was the response; Il reckon l
will have time to beat you a game or
.WO before we get any news from JET
ferSOn CITY," The box of worries was
nunted out, each man got his quota and
ihe game commenced. Maxwell was IN
Il talkative mood. "Fll tell you why l
am so fond of this game" he remarked.
1t combines so much science, and at
the same time there is a large element
If chance. There is an opportunity
for an endless variety of moves and
combinations, and it requires great
skill and thought to play 1t
well. That is the secret of
its fascination for me-" He had beaten
:5kidmOre at one game, and was rapidly
ttfecting his defeat in another, when
he big gong of the outer gate gave
double clang. The summons seemed to
come louder and to be more peremptOry
than usual. Instinctively the two men
lock at each other and then their eyes
rOamed up the corridor. Meanwhile the
gate had been opened and Sheriff Har-
rington admitted. He said not a word
to the turnkey or the other officials in
the office, but as he passed them his
manner only too plainly told them that
he was the bearer of bad tidings.- A
moment later he was confronting Max
well. He started to speak but the words
died upon his tongue. what is lt?'' in
Ierrogated the condemned man breath
lessly. ''what is it?' he repeated,
whats the news?' The respite IS
refused.'' the sheriff responded huSkily.
Then, and not till then, did the little
chloroformer" realize that al. hope was
gone and that he stood literally
IN THE JAWS OF DEATH.
His cheeks blanched, his heavy under
Zip quivered with horror, and three
dominoes fell from his nerveless hand
and ratified on the floor. With the re-
mark, Its all over then," articulated
so hoarsely that it could hardly be
understood, he turned toward his cell,
staggered rather than walked through
She gate, threw himself upon the cot,
TURNING his fnnn n tho wall Snhha6
aloud as though his heart would break.
Tears, too, were streaming down the
cheeks of the sheriff and of the usually
stOny-hearted iailers. For half an hour,
the condemned man was left alone in
his grief and then the sheriff entered
the cell, thoroughly searched his cloth
ing, and finding nothing with which an
attempt at suicide could be made.
conducted him to another cell
and changed the death watch. Mean
while the condemned mans mother
and sister had been apprised of the re
suit through dispatch from Hon. Johr
/. Martin. a carriage had been il
waiting outside of the residence, where
they have been stop .ssSS@M
ping from an early &S@SS@
hour, and they were M
quickly driven to the ~
Jail. When they ar G
rived they were i'll ~ w
formed that they could 49,
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not see their boy until
his cell had been 81 ~
changed, and they were AL I'm
escorted into Jailer| MWESgEMlf
Callahan's. There the iCWlIgj
poor woman, unable to VIII
control her emotion,
daHSStn9s thTe% herself nrmH into SrrsF hrssFFS 4 ELA
into tears, and moaned pitifully. Th
young girls tears mingling with he
mothers. "They will murder my boy
they will murder him, o God, help m
poor boy" sobbed the mother in th
agony of her grief. Then she swoone
away. The last
BLIGHTING OF HER HOPES
had been as terrible as it was unez
pected.
MOTHER AND son MEET.
AT the Sight of Her the Littl
ChIoroformer Sobs Like a Child.