The sun., 1890-11-09
A TRUsrY,s RArAL LOyE
The Unfortunate Romance or . Lsfe Frs.
ouer IN the Iniaois Penstenttery.

PROM ne cAteoeo Berals
Everybody who has visited that living tomb
the Joliet penitentIary. cannot but feel scrry to
Bsrgeren, has fallen. from grace. The solitary
:s; ss,sss y: ;ss
horrors Of that dismal place. 4 link between
the Tre,S6ednssss ns within ths walls and TIE
Sn i sSs SssSss s ssS
hss irisnas Even The nsa ,rsn%en shemse,scs. Who
have long been accustomed to sos the halt.tree
convict sTinEing his lamp amp e. the stopping pin,
able to, overcome the feeling OF sadness and
sympathy as they have watched him .s,,, stndss
a dog returning to his collar and chain.
They oil knew his history, Years age. when
s the s c.ar Sss a. s
eient,to make the trainmen his friends, That
Warden Msclangh,ey had made E;9od ID ssleS,
lie cSnviSt, and that his crime was wiiini
ses hs was 80 honest as and G' The
70 him even before they had learned @ the
is.S lie & building ' With " ni ieslnss ssssnss!s
se.nn or @seIsSs SS'o ns whs
washed cells have seldom failed to QUESTION st:on
the convict guide who escorted them I .,t to the
isss. ss i ss sse
es esty ssSHS :: sRs S'
tG GSk S.S wSpd bosn snswer
en Seven ago The
been com mitted. and seven years ago he had
bis rst suit ot s,iss Seven ss ssars
s SossE sss whsn is % az an FS go
To henr n youne man full OF vipor thus talk
an, old man and free once again to earn his
tie convict would not hesitate 70. give 1t. It
N S se saa ss oss
Of liberty to Click. himself. Click Was hoster
# ha enoy s IN n.sh
boring dealer a bitter ioud had l2ns. existed.
and Whenever necessity arosc for business ne;
these occasons high words ai ose between Click
a ,ns {" ssa, Sa
was on the ront Of dr,Wng kps When
tSronsh % The heart ear Hy bullet from @ acts uG sun
Then followed II long imprson mont and trial:
BEEN % insipated gated by q Giek's empioyer. Every I'M in.
dnoement @ @ was offered to Giok 10 confess that
his ds h 3sasd s la s ssS
been done ~ selfdefence. and that il he were
placed in the same position again-an angry
thrust into his own hand at the instant when
his i,fe seemed IN most imminent peril-he
s Yst sa he hd for e Click
accepted his fate as stoicnlly us he mad under
gone the, ordeal Of trial und jail imprisonment.
His new life he..an in the harness shop. where
finslsd him out th;s as bis
most unlimited confidence was reposed in the
convict. The journey to ond from the station.
w a sst o. eS
confidential servant to tho Warden. Click was
the CITY Of Toilet. Tho frst horses IN the War;
dcn's stables wore at the conyicl,s disposal
Im snS distance from eEs
q joliet the Convict became one Of the best,
ehsnse n1Ms aooa sss day wsS Il. si
10y Asqn9iinsanses began began ,5a to m1hsipiy and
Of Robert Click. the Warden,.s "tIusty."
was s1a s ho S 70 St s9t so.sa % sss
would give my right arm for liberty. but not
but s thst han ses
that am not honest l never deceived @ man
wh Ro rnSsd nas IN bs and ov
in a moment OF madness infatunted BY . wo-
MANS end mesSo SsS y blinded By .Ss
moral obligation and to el2pe with woman OF
Joliet. Still the old feeling OF friendlness.
born OF honesty and trust, saved Click at least
from the actual breach OF crust which hs had
concentrated. Among his friends In tho prison
were many wi O. though wearing convicts'
Rarb. were yet, in Gick's oninion. trustworthy.
10 leave them without a word was something
he had not contemplated. and when his plans
for freedom seemed on the verge Of completion,
he turned to say good-by to those he had
trusted Then came the catastrophe.
Milton's Paradise Lost" contains no sad
der picture than that presented BY the upfor-
tunate Young fellow torn from the semi free-
dom which a convict alone could appreciate
torn from the society Of aympathizing friends
in the city. torn from the company OF the
woman for whom he was prepared to sacrifice
even honor. and hanshed from the confidence
Of the Warden, who; from friend. now be-
door Of the solitary dungeon in the prison.
Gick bitterly lamented his folly throughout
Friday night. and ON Saturday morning he
found himself condemned over again to tho
routine OF pr son life. lock step, cell. workshop.
and prison fare. His hopes OF pardon blasted.
Nell may Click repent IN bitterness his mo-
mentary fnrgetfulness OF duty. while visitors
and trainmen VINO miss the pleasa face and
CHEEKY greeting OF their old acquaintance will
sigh a word OF regret for the poor follow.
GILPIN'S EAILROID SCHEME.