The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-25

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You must keep up your courage
interrupted. You have friends-thou
sands of friends-who will not cease tt
work for you-your couutrywomen.'
"'Oh, my countrywomen! she exclaim
ed. am proud of them; I admire them
but I am beyond all human help! AS {
patient in the infirmary I hove been ex
cused from hard labor AMI from many OF
the duties required of ordinary prisoners
and have been allowed better fool thar
the usual prison fare. But there is moth.
ing I want-nothing. I have no appe'
tite, so it does not matter. I suffered
fearfully, acutely, from toothache, ono
at last they allowed me to have my teeth
| taken out. But it was too late. Chronic
indigestion had set in. Now that 1 have
| proper food 1 canot eat it. 1t is toe
late-too latel
do you read?' Haskell
| NO. she said 4 suffer too much with
| these terrible headaches. After reading
| fifteen minutes the pain becomes intoler-
| able. I can neither read nor knit. can
do nothing but sit in my chair and think,
| and think and think
'TThen I asked her If she could not be
| granted a little more privacy. If she
| could not at least have the privilege of
| seeing her own mother without an at
| tendant present.
| '"TThat coull not be. You must remem-
| Der, my dear, that am only one of
many; thot rules are necessary, and ODE
dience to these rules in such a place as
| this is imperative The governor, all the
officials, every one of them have done for
| me all that it is possible for them to do
and I should only pain and embarrass
| them by asking them to do any more than
they have already done for me, and get
them into serious trouble if tented them
to disobey orlers'
But I do not see what harm could
come of it, persisted.
"'Oh, you do not know this place; you
do not know what sort people are sent
t such a place as this. Prisns are not
mare fir respectable peop.e; they are made
for criminals, and when respectable peo-
pie, through any mischance, find them
selves here they can only suffer with the
others; they must submit. THE people
here could not be trusted with privileges,
could they, Mis- Russell?'
The attendant glanced at Mrs. May
brick, but dill not reply.
" Shall you be removed from here, do
you think?' I inquired.
" That do not know This IS a very
large pace, and there are now very few
people here Then she said thoughtfulIy:
OF course I do not know what is being
done on the outside world, but there must
be some good influence at work; some
good is being accomplished that fewer and
fewer women are being sent to such places
as this
'She then turned to her mother:
ct have seen the children's pictures.
Henry Ghe Oldest SOM has grown so tall.
Think she said. addressing me with a
burst of maternal pride, my boy is five
feet six inches tall, ond he is ouly seven
teen. Isn't that a great size for lad of
his age? My daughter has been adopted
by a London physician and is growing up
a lovely and accomplished girl. The son
is with his fathers relatives ond being
educated in a private school Their pho
tographs are taken once a year and sent
to the governor of the prison, who, as the
rules prescribe, lets me have them for a
few weeks to look at. But only fr few
weeks. That is all. just as I am so fond
the part of English prison discipline to
make prisoners happy or comfortable. I
am kept informed, indirectly. Of their
progress and welfare. My Henry here
passed his examinations admirably, and
he has taken medal for Latin and an
other for photography. I think he has
talent for natural science He has been
with his cousin in the Isle of Wight,
where was sent because he was rather
delicate from having grown too rapidly.
" Oh, how hunger and thirst for him.
she burst out. More than for food or
drink! Great tears fell from her eyes.
There was a clock ticking upon the
wall behind us. Your time is nearly up,
mamman,' said Mrs. Maybrick.
oh, have an hour again today her
mother replied. This extension OF time
was due in the first instance to Mr.. Oh
ney with the cooperation of SSir Julian
Paunceforte. The visits at first and for
some years were limited to twenty-five
minutes.
Intimate questions. were then asked
and answered concerning friends and re-
latives in America, and arrangements
were made as to the letter which Mrs
Maybrick is permitted to receive and an
swer once in six weeks on paper of pre-
scribei form and dimensions.
There are so many people,, Mrs.
Maybrick continued, turning to me again.
who have thought Of me. aud who have
tried TO be good TO me, but you know I
cannot write and thank them. I am al
lowed but one letter in six weeks. That
must be to you, mamma. Your letters
and your visits are all have to live for,
and
Her sentence was cut in two by sharp
rap on the door. and we were informed
that the hour was up The two poor crea-
lures. mother and child. again kissed their
hands 70 each other, but not their lips
that could not be-repeating their good
byes in faltering tones many, many times.
Then Mrs. Maybrick was led from the
room and the door behind her was closed
and barred. The mother turned away
with look of anguish and despair. It
was no longer necessary to keep up the
pretence of cheerfulness Her daughters
broken health, her abandonment of hope. /
her profound melancholy, had been too
much. I left her alone with her grief"
The Power of storm.
The Cayman Islands in the West Indies
were nearly overwhelmed by the recent
storm. Even apparently secure things are
not safe. Even T you have health be on
your guard. Disease works stealthly-
K undermiHes and trouble occurs where It /
Is least expected. An occasional dose Of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Will keep the
bowels regular, the stomach sweet and
disease at bay. II you have Indigestion /