Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-02
RLorsAM AND JErsAH.


4 Lis<ls oarl's Oolnisn "A Togeh-
ing story The Lsrs Parcsas.
A little 4-ysas.old girl, no had
heard much said shoat New Years.
looked eas Of ths wnados yesterday
snd exclaimed, .Nhy. nsmna, u
locks lass ike the old year."
The rain VA beating down in torrents
yesterday afternoon and the streets
were aessrted OF pedestrians just IN
fFoas OF . Aonroe-st. hske-shop, hug
ging elossly up 10 the window eornsee
stood = little xsl, Het more tnAn seven,
essdentiy trying 10 snaeia her poorly
clad form ffosn the dfenehing rain.
benesth the projections ahoye. Her
hair hung loosely about her shoulders
peculiar yellox-whiie about her
waist MAS drawn the fragments OF what
had once been shawl. A plaid sklrt,
red and black, reached just below her
knees. the frayed edges indicating
S<A'tNt VI ySei<- titt ftttk1 ft"h ~
were encased in faded hose that once
had bsen bright blue. Her shoes, rub
berless. were no protection FOR the feet
within them, for they were worn and
open at the toes. Thus She stood
erouehlng from the storm when hei
eyes caught glimpse OF the great
la. Of ttf4ta h~Ax M
aud cookies exposed behind the POI
lsAed plate windows. Her little wan
and pale face lighted up with wis;-
fulness thar seemed almost 10 say that
her Very heart aehed With desire 10
taste the sweets. What sermon on
the happy home and miserable hovel
the picture presented! What q scath-
ing rebuke upon the inequalities Vi our
social system her eager eye. and nag
gard cheeks portrayed Her New
Years JOYS ana gladnesses were chilled
by the arctic irony of fate. While yet
she stood there, great burly fellow.
reeiing under the influence of liquor,
came down the street, anu nearing the
cuna nearly staggered against her
wntrc she press Il ner lace against the
pane UNCONSCIOUS OF his presence, so
wrapl WIS she IN surveying the tornd-
den goodies. lie stopped snort, and
gave her one quick look. Taen ne
cautiously passed around her, and en-
| tered the store. The clerk WAS directed
to fill q capacious bag from the bake
stuifs IN front Oh the Guilds wisttul
face. The uncouth, drunken fellow
pad Tor the Things, and unsteadily
SEEING the bag emerged on to tne
street. Without word he handed ii
| to the little waif, and without an out
| ward sign CT emotion save Tor Il big
tear that rolled out upon his cheek, he
turned and staggered away from the
| girl before he could have heard her
SOFT 20, thank you sir!'
Thomas j. Navin, the brilliant 5000,
coo forger, stepped forth from the
jackson PRISON yesterday morning into
freedom, having served less than one
half OF his ten years term. Peeping
out from behind one of the grated
windows of the forbiddlng bastie, long
ing with an aching heart for the same
discrimination in his behalf, there
stood a pale convict who had served
double the time of Prince Nayin, for
stealing, in a drunken excitement, an
| old gray he -se, worth less than 500.
The former had friends, and money,
and brains; the latter had wife and
family of three small children, brains
and no money. And the wife of the
latter has heroically struggled for ten
| years to keep the wolf at bay, and peri
Odlcally presented herself and children
ut the prison door for an hours audi
ence with father and husband. Tom
Navin was visited four times year 10y
his brother and friend who came
to devise means fo- 6 set
tlenlept of his crimes. Tom
goes free with the possibility of
500, 0G0 cash In hand; the man who
stole only q morse, and then under the
influence of drink, remains with the
prot ability of serving his term and
finally entering the world again To
meet ms bright children and loyal wife
without q penny IN sight. Whatever
reasons there may have been urged for
exercising executive clemeucy in the
case of Navin apply with equa! force
| to more than hundred, less brilliant,
but worthier men than the Adrian ex-
mayor.
At the same time that Navin left the
open door, Lewis Sandy, serving a
sentence OF thirty years tor rape. COM
ml.ted in Ottawa county, was also per-
mitted TO exchange his SUIT OF PRISON
gray for civilians garb and pass out
upon the cobble-stone pavement of the
Central City a pardoned man. Back
within the dIngy, murky environments
of the shops, where barred arms and
begrlmed faces fairy gllstenec with
perspiration induced from the forge
fires and heated metal, were two men,
working within speaking distance, who
must continue to remain at hard labor
for years to come for mistakenly or
feloniously approprIating female wear.
ing apparel and jewels valued at less
than $3.50. Sawdy goes free after a
short term for stealing a girls most
priceless treasure-and that by brutal
force--the other two remain because
they stole . woman's clothing and Jew
elry.
At the same time two others, Stem.
hofT, murderer, and Mcdowell of this
city, convicted of criminal abortion
were gwen the Governors signature
affixed to pardon. The peculiar
feature in connection with this grlst oil
pardons is that all the men favored
from Navin to Mcdowell. are bright
and conspicuous exponcnts OF prison
reform and nave shone IN the firmna