The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-07-25

saltwater, Minn. Wednesday, july 20, 1888.

array. and almost ON the point of defeat
from the peerless generalship of the re-
nOwned Napoleon, she had said. Watch
and watt" thus leading the one to victory
and fame, and restoring prosperity and har-
mOny to the possessions of the other.
To the poor, old, tottering beggar, at
tired in his tattered clothes, driven from
door to door with harsh word or cruel
frOwn, for asking for something to nOurish
his dropping body that is disabled from toll,
through the ravageS of disease and age.
she says. THE people in this neighbor-
hood are very unkind, and if you will fol-
low me 1 will lead you to a house over on
P street where very charitable family
lives; they were never known to turn deaf
ear to an appeal for aims, and l am almost
sure they will give you clothes as well as
food if you will only truthfully tell them
the cause of your condition." 10 the
Scared and emaciated negro convict in a
southern prison, with a knife concealed up
on his person, revolving in his mind whether
he will sneak up and sink it to the hilt in
the heart of the brutal keeper who has just
placed forty or fifty scars on his back for
not having his wheelbarrOw loaded with
earth in time to unload it with the rest of
his gang. Hope says. Drive your murder
Gus resolution away and keep your destrNc-
tive weapon in its present cOncealment and
in few months (Or years as the case may
be) you will be free and on equal
footing with him. Whereas should you
XIII him now you would be brutally MUIR
dered in turn by his fellow officers" TO
the business man complaining CT the dull
ness of trade. she says, ''Sir, keep up good
spirits; things will be booming Tomorrow
and then your counters will be thrOnged with
eager buyers throwing their shining lucre
into your exchequer." TO the man who has
lost his whole fortune in a speculation of
some kind, seeking to drown his heartfelt
regrets in the intOxicatiOn of drink. and
finding that even its stupefyng influence is
inadequate to still the reprOaching voice OF
conscience. he pulls pistol from his pocket
with suicidal intent; but ere he raises the
to him and says. MY dear friend, postpone
this rash act for few days. and, in the
meantime. state the nature of your diff
Guilty to your wife's brother; he is wealthy
and generous man, and in all probability
he will loan you enough to regain the whole,
or at least, a part of your lost fortune. "
TO the bereft widow jOurneying along the
rugged highway OF life. sweating and groan-
ing under the burden of her loneliness.
Hope says, Come to my fountain and
drink deep of its healing and strengthening
waters, and the load which seems so heavy
to you now will be made as light as the
tiny feather which is waited to and fro at
the mercy of the wind" TO the Tilted
lover standing upon the verge of a prec-
pice, ready to hurl herself into the turbid
waters of the river below, which is Kissing
and fOaming as it rushes along in its eager
haste to reach its mighty destiny. the ocean,
Hope says, "Ah. there! young lady. are you
not aware that there are just as good fish in
the sea as have ever been caught?" NO"
replys the young maiden. but if such is
the case, will tarry little longer on terra
firma and endeavOr to catch One." To the
pennilesS convict serving life sentence be-
hind the dreary walls of a prison, where
neither the token of kindred or friend ever
enters to cheer his drOOplng heart or dis
pell the gloom that constantly envirOns him,
she, in the quiet hours of the night, enters
his lonely cell and gliding softly up to the
lOwly bed upon which he lies bitterly de-
ploring the misfortune which made him a
slave for his natural life, she says. 'Cheer
up. old boy, and do not become discouraged
with life, for Time in his onward march
changes the hearts of men as we'll as the
elements which compose the earth. and
those whom you think to-day are your enc
mics with hearts of stone, might sometime
in the near future stand before the great
executive of state pleading for your restOr-
alton to liberty and honorable citizenship" !"
Even to the condemned culprit who is
bound in strong irons awaiting for the hour
of his execution to arrive, Hope says.
keep brave heart; the time of your death