The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-25

FULLY In the outer square of the prison.
Dlsmissiur them. boz TUNED 10 his chief
wander and said. II viii so through
ogain."
Yes cir"
Chef Wardcr Sykes. stout and aorld.
hia gray benrd trimmed 90 point, knew
no more than the rest who was TIE some
body chat was unqucsuonably coming
The steel-barrcd gate 81 HAN was
unlocked again. ana tho Governor and
the chief wardcr entered. o. the silence
and the cleanliness o. those halls. II one
could shout or sing out once or epiA a
bucket 90 water over that spoiioss con.
cretei Tho uoiseless shining hnli. with
80 three ocrs % cells on either eide. had
the faint smell 90 clean. but Gagged hui
manity There were 800 prisoners locked
a. C-20o an but tho half dozen whom
warder was teaching 20 stitch bags at "a
tahle in The center OF tho long narrow
ward.
The governor STOPPED AZ a cell on the
left side.
open C rs door" no said to the chief
warder ana the key turned ia the 10 x.
and the governor won't in
saliov little wiry man sat NJ an iron
hand loom weaving towels. lie let tho
beam 80 aud etoos up 90 attention his
hands a. his slides. az tho governor en-
tered.
ANY complaints. Orlom7'
NO complaints. sir" answered tho
prisoner. who wore tho knlckerborker
suit Of convict e. distinguished from
the trouscr suit 81 a short-tcrm man
your English prisons are too com
Portable" fiis English was fluent. with
"a foreigners stress on tho wrong syi-
tables
More comfortable than tho Russian
ouos?"
Much more comfortable than the Rus
sian ones. sir"
"rhon hope YOU won't 10 making tho
change again tust yeti
Sentenced recently for a crime Of vio-
lenco in England. tho prisoner Orloff lay
under suspicion OF comul city Ia "a worse
affair in Russia. lie smiled
III viii bo time Tor me 90 think OF that.
sir. when j have finish my sentence
here. am very comfortable here"
Returning 20 his office. cant STROBE
Said briefly. Co his chief wander.
"a lady TO VISIT ihc prison this morn
ing. Tho Princess Trunoiskoi. Russian.
She viii be here az H."
II g. a rule ~ the home once very
rarely departed from. that no lady ma
visit the male side OF a. ~ prisons II
she Is unhappy enough 10 be the wife,
sister or lover OF convict she sees him
a. an interval Of months in the visitor g
room with a wardcr az her clhow-she
& never admitted within the prison
proper During the service - CHIEF
Warder Sykes ono very august lady had
been conducted ~ "a visitor through the
halls. ana no other
But the CHIEF warlcr had taken %
himself tho governor habit OF silence
lie waited Tor "A further word but cap.
etro8e walked ahead and said nothing
Mr. sykes followed HIM TO the door o.
urafty uftie garden plot tu front. Just
against the boundary wall OF the prison.
Capt. Strobe passed into his Office with
out a word.
VERY wen. sir" said tho chief war
DER and withdrew.
Within. as without. there Is no super
fluffy OF ornament IN prison Can economy
which h. perhaps. not wholly az the wis
ESD. and except for SIS pieces 81 strictly
utlliaTlnn furniture. the governors room
WA only less bare than The cell he had
just quilted The unpapcred walls, tinted
. feeble mauvc. had Tor their sole om-
Establishments a map ~ England. copy q
the rules ana the table OF the warders'
hours. ana the contents ~ tho book case
a. vanished deal included nothing more
allurlng than a blue book. The governor
table was hoapcd with papers, and the
papers. Ike the books. were mostly blue.
Z NlnlhifE u.H AtAMtfs NaNts Etloae iHHA
from il a letter thlue again ana a tole-
gram.
The letter which carried the printed adj
dress or the home office. and the legend
Private and confidential" was exactly
a fortnight old. the telegram had been
received by cant STROBE that morning
The letter. 70 which was affixed a sigma
fure well known in the service ran 20 the
effect that d. IT comm ssi0ncrs ~ pfis-
ons had granted special permission 20
Princess Anna Truhetsk0i 90 visit John
Howard prison on any day ana az any
hour OF her choice one sentence In the
letter was given the dignity o. thin I'M
dsrllne. "rhe Princes may express "a de-
sire 20 speak with the convict orion ana
n this request So made it need not be re-
fused" The letter was az once formal
mandate from the home ONCE and word
ef friendly instruction 10 the governor,