Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-04-05

"A +tAS@ go Things extnnt, and
j ~ 80 John Andrews was
Il S5LlIs one of them. lie
II had served term
OF twenty years in
esie prison. II Is a long time. He
& sst in a youth OF twenty and came
a man OF forty, at what should
ars ben his prime OF life; but he was
tassi to machine, with mind and
a5y dulled by the eolorless years
- The monotonous prison routine.
j hAad never bad any chance, or
zs. or good influence; and bad
spany had done the rrst. lie was
d product OF his surroundings and
gans,anors, and had driited upon
Il gYil tide until he committed the
me that brought him there. lis
rliy realized il himself until II Was
eh.si and then followed that long
4 Esiy years OF prison existence that
ashsd tho very lie out OF him.
Ha jallers said that he was morose,
! sloWeonyicis that he was ''no
mi, and 10 tho chaplain be was
Hsb- He could not 'stir him, 2 he
a1 do not know that nltogrth-
Name John Andrews for that.
good mans orthodoxy was not
Win bis hearers grasp, and his
rgcas were punderouss Poor
10 SaA hot tho only one who
nAsrsd through them. soothed to
w b. the droning voire. The
Aroa's private cxhortations were
isgEs turoiding character. John
lti'sus could Hct !isseu TO them
~! Esed 10 turn away; and yet
sGehos a aEed idea had forced itself
" brain, sprung to life perhaps
s1ms stray fruitful word among
hat waste ofplntltudes.
\ lisa good thing to be honest. or
" beComes n pretty poor lob"
\ ~ vas what he aaid 10 himself
ae the prison doors were opened
a'i, and he WIS FREE to Eo whore
would In the bright. sunny world
sis those drcary wallis.
shad nowhere 20 go TO. no friends
nsstor welcome him. Every trace
ration or connection had vanish.
ihosc long twenty years. The I
As q sboctuaking TINT ho had 1
Nasd IN prison, and 81 10 hispock. |
'tssano ~ that had lain there /
Wy yenrs before, was all he had In /
vide world.
@had longrd earnestly for that |
o1t now that IL had come he felt 4
aad lonely. As he walked away /
aleied thntevery one noticed him, |
pointed him out MS che released 1
W.T. He felt TINT his gait showed /
Ma That his whole bearing bc.
y prison training. He had no
sshat he should be so sensitive.
naat does II matter after all"
y to himself, an he tried to swing
WITH free, easy step OF other
! nat his ears still seemed ring.
AIth the sound OF the prisoners
\ s'ep tramp in the squad. Then
Msaed away from tho streets and
lhlllnselfin the fields. In all those
" h's eyeshnd never been glad.
py the sight of the fresh green.
s,, uarew himself down by the
sle' In the long sweet grass,
~ he did so a bird Just
~ head broke forth In strain
asody and then few away freely
s.s s1c blue sky. John Andrews
7. y nls iace In the grass and burst
sars. lie had not known be.
IA, uet nc could cry, but somehow
Y better Tor II.
7aar.sss s'9 that the most dangerous
wv 20 the freed convict are the
s aer ms release. II. while he is
ls,l V I and strange, or exalt.
@a ms new liberty, he falls into
H. ~ pany, or stops TO drink ut /
y y the little shops that cluster
|.s ~ closely in the village, he is
Aos;. SURE to fall back into the old |
|alSal and ways; but John ,
"A ~, fortunately took the other !
n Ina found himselfin the coun- !
ANY, ~ walked on for n long time, |
' aa..gs frequently Co rest. He was {
~ sustomed to such exertion and !
h. G sew tired. lie began TO be
N.Y. sppy, though, as he drank in I
s alr and reloiced In tho beau
Sotld about him,
|@t ny be-" he nsked himself, d
ts s,lls has NIL been 80 beautiful \
man'y years7 It's wicked to {
Edd up and spoil their lives" d
M = aot think of the "snfety ofso. {
norps oor fellow, and forgot for n
|r 'l'ent that he wan q social c
a. I ne reached sso's.es village, t
w down In The s!,ys,I,d station v