Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-24
PRISONERS CHRISTMAS
ptN IN STRIPES GET ATuRXlY DINNER


you may c.lri. sri
while pronouncing judgment In this
eose. tss oour. IL not unmiHliui of the
tep.lmony brought forward 10 favor Of
thc dcicr,an, and rs 20 his previous
sud chirauer. but the needs to She
ends Of Justice cons,faln ihc court to
make Of this cas- an example from
which others may take proper warning
II Is therefore the scp:cnce " iias court
that you be confined in the state prison
Tor q term of Eve yeats"
So. you see. was stuck" and /
don't think I via ever forge ,ldt SEM
tcucc as long az hayr Afc.
Now. " you viii agree no; 60 Interrupt,
me with qursii0ns. 1 will tell my story
IL ., very easy to seil now Wut l avn
"ou."
clmc Of good Iiren.1ge and WIS
commonly raised, ~ 70 speak. having
80 DO my shlrc of the work whlch"miie
bs,h ends meet" In tn family. Ny "a.
uogi.ion was ~ the common school and
mFhi school yugely until / b.Dlms old
enough % look out Tor myself Thu
practlce % medicine an1 surgery. be-
cause ~ an had read aud hllt1 ~ 90.
became upperm0st Ia my mind. and In
accordance with my dssIre So engage
IN that profession I entered upon Us
Studies under me tulclage Of Gevotse
% the v3ercc. whose EucccsHfui pric-
t,ce had already enabled him 90 put
away suug u1mpc.ence ava which
std produced ~ very c0mffr.ab,c In.
come.
Like mos, young feliows.f was ambl.
tlous. ana the more 50 because of the
success OF my tutor and because % the
knowlcdEr ~ she mc;iods 10y which it
T. f. 10 10 La
of persons owning older heads than
uli, !. won't iED hisullf for myself
NV TN "shlngle." bearing my name AMI
iho nature u my profession. Awung IN
the air ~ comfortably land l nsght
tiy, na defanty) a. did ihI, o. the best
physician In the community.
ny dlEs 81 faithful lr.srest In my
work. ! Rilncd respectable "n,art"
after u time. but ID MAS hard and try
ing work and ! was by no means "a. q
He'd with the firarclal results. II make
matters worse" roo. In one sense had
IN the mcarfime met. w00Cd and won
she bsst little wife that ever lived"
aud the rcsuh Of our union was iic
Awectefi iitle cherub o. u boy YOU ever
Jaw. Bui 81 was unc more m1irh 10
teei' ard the plump cupid body that
came with 2. demanded proper cicihing
However We, Che wife and ID plfched
and stitched In our household and bud.
ness affairs sufficiently 80 live an hon
eti afi happy lie.
by sais sine l was nearly thsriy ara
l wa1 SIN ploddlrr away nt
my drudErry az | then consulted
u was, when an opportunity was pre-
rcnted 70 me so better myself financial
| ~ or course II was wrong on my pnrt.
but l Performed the service and was
well paid. and the money came In nigh.
/ ~ handy, ! can tell YOU, In tho hotire
~ NM 4 a
our ana. ns you know. was sent 10 the
state prison Tor i've ycara.
] couldn't bear 10 have my wife see
/ me IN my striped clothing 70 I forbade
her 70 Writ the prison, iiut I'm ''out'
now-just gut out today-and I can't
tell YOU how happy I feel. will he
/ careful not 90 get In again. too. and my
| nelghbora shall sec how good n otliEsn
! am. And my wifc-well. can't tell
/ you How we mct-nnd / h0fy no one
/ VIII tell the little chap that hla
"dnddy'H been 10 the rcn'
| You can't imagine how tired was
/ after waiting FOR the verdict Of che
/ Jury when ! was tried ut court nearly
| i've years ago-you know. was given
I the benefits for good behavior. When
they said ] was guilty Il was really a
| relief because " was nm end TO the Hur-
penSc' When I got Oh, 10 the prison
nsd was assigned 20 my cell laid on
my cot and went 60 sleep. l was 10
very tired aud worried i don't know
how long I slept. but
! Hey, Blll Wake upl Come out
and sit yer dinner, Yea ortor feel
/ proud 4 eat Christmas dinner the
/ fur. day yer In. We've got turkey today.
an itH slashln' good. Come on. ye
missed yer place In squad two. Yen
have 4 Elt used 4 A. Come on Say.
, ole man. don't cry, cause ye makes
! mo feel bad too. Ne'Vr only got Ave
/ years, an rye ben here nlgh on ten
/ rowan don't want ter glt away cause
/ the folks wouldn't have nOihln' ter do
Z with me-"
had simply been dreaming and this
/ was my firnt day In,