The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-04-07

OF of the NEST iriendless man
lere, if that is possible. do not
,now what | can do to kindle
ome spark of feeling in his heat;
do not know that | can succeed
n any way in making existence
nose tolerabls to the unfortunate
,reature, but, with Your permission
and observing, Of course, all the
of the prison, | should
like to try to do something"
She gazed expectanlly at the
warden as she spoke.
''Of course, you have my per-
madam was The reply.
"Tell ne, what is this man here
forW
"He was high toned specnla.
tor. The qualification of this pas
sion was not limited 10 legitimate
means. His last transaction was
connected with IA bi. mining SWIM
die, the details Of which | will not
weary you with. lie is an Eng.
lish:nan, and came 10 this country,
we believe, under an assumed
name"
"EIow long has lie been here ?"
"ren years"
"And when will he be releas-
ed e
"lle will never be released"
What do you meang'
81 mean that now he is In the
hospital. lie has consumption
and will not live long"
"Poor fellow" she remarked.
Then she arose. 81 thank you,'
she added, simply.
at is TO you we are indebted
madam. | am no rapid advocate
Of prison reform, bnt | believe we
would be immensely assisted II
our work Of making good citizens
out of our criminals if the pubic
showed thal the prisoners behin(
the bars were not altogether for
gotten and shut out from The
world. Good day, madam," arc
The warden followed her to ,h'
door. lie watched her for mo
ment and then turned away.
"a fine woman, Dayis." he sale
"Yes, sill" feplied the bookkeep
er without looking up.
The next day a bird and birt
cage arrived at Tie prison labeled
; For. Gentleman George Th
warden gazed at ii with amazt
ment. "a little mite of can;
rv,n he said. GLOW like a woman
Well, thank goodness she didn
send tracts"
Armed with the bird cage, h
made his way to The hospital an
approached the couch where Gel
lleman George lay. He was sleel
; ing and for few moments til
warden surveyed he proslra'
figure inten,ly. The face was han
, and worn and was marked bv
,nsagrao,ble expressjon Of cyn
l cism. here was a person whose nj
e ture was absolutely perverted;
whom sympalLy was a strange
Y and who wished for no friend
8 minislerinp hand to be lald upr
a bis brow even nj the final m
y meuI, That stubborn indifieren,
!. ,n everything human had lie,
- Iaenlv cngrayen ON his nature t
!. wears Of false living There won
-, be no weakening at TIE last, al
y he wonId mass away with hatr,
tnr ,hn world and the people in
Tra warden hung the care at Il
o foot Of The he'd and then took
- den,r,u,e Fura few moments Il
n Lird hnuned around As thou!
> fr,oh,ened bvils new surroundin,
,e Then gradually 1t became reass'
y ed and tippej its head in a be
k in1ulrlng manner, coglialing mp
1t what II saw. A number Of ligul
II. we're extended OH The couch
some moving restlessly in pa
Then he bird apparently becal
al tired OF the prolonged silence, q
,e uttered a dismal sort of chi
IN ofler which. encouraged by
n, sound of It's own voice, it gave
r.. terance to a musical carol. AT
k a time, the man awoke and open
,n his ewes. A flood Of delicious m
m ody greeted his senses. lie stal
slupidly at the cage, and tt
closed his eyes again. Ii was !
spring time IN the woods, with
yes bright sunshine shifting lhror
zoe The foliage.
ar. "Where'd that come from T.
finally asked HE doMor.
IA friend sent it," was the