, 1902-08-28
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All! you are looking at No. 40! peo-
pile always notice him. Fine face. isn't
it? Almost a Greek type. Sad case
that he went on, turning to the ladies
present, KILLED his cousin in "a tit of
rage: they were in love with the same
woman | believe, and the cousin won
her by some underhand means. The
whole thing might have passed as an
accident, but the man went and gave
himself up. The lady swore in the
witness box hat it was AN accident and
her evidence might have got him off.
but the prisoner made "a statement to
the effect that he had often in his life
felt hatred against his cousin and had
been murdernusly inclined. The cousin
seems to have been ii despicable wretch.
and on all hands the testimony borne as
10 the character of the prisoner WAS of
the highest kind. He pleaded guilty
and the sentence of death was commut-
ed to Imprisonment for life"
Nv hat a strange story" said one of
the ladies. Gould he have meant to
kill his cousin
The Governor shrugged his shoulders.
"One never knows" he answered. In
every character there are strange i'm
pulses, utterly foreign as far as we can
see to the rest of the nature. tendencies
strangely at variance with the normal
bent of the disposition. We who nave
to deal with crime in all its various
phases are met at every turn by this
problem, and | have found no solution
Ia it. though many people find Il clue to
the mystery in the law of heredity.
BE that as it may, the fact remains that
the man pleaded guilty and owned to
the intent to kill, and that in spite of it.
during all the. three years that he has
been here he has borne the highest
character, and has ever exercised a re-
timing and h|umanising influence on some
of the more brutal types of men
The lady who had spoken before sigh
ed sympathetically.
Poor fellow! it is a sad story she
sand, as the little party turned to leave
the yard. Only the guest who came
from the East renamed for II moment
behind, his eyes fixed on the sky line
visible above the long facade of stone
buildings, his thought directed to the
man who was known as No. 40, and
floating near him like IA angel of help.
Andin his narrow cell No. 10 stood with
head raised to the tiny slit through
which the pale blue heavens were visi-
bile. and spoke aloud tina words that
anne to him he knew not whence:
Courage. be patient aud endure. for
there are many lives, and as IA man sows
by thought and desire in one. So shall
he reap 10y action in those that follow
The crop Of hate snwn in the din past
is reapcd and garnered; SOW therefore
from it anew and fear not. For the acts
Of a man tell what he has been. the
thoughts and aspirations what he is
II shall become. Courage therefore!
and SOW again; the Law that fails not
makes thy harvest sure"
The light of the Ideal shune on the
face of the convict as his spirit heard.
and shaking oil the dead leaves OF act
committed and destiny worked out,
scared uutwards and grew strong on the
wings Of aspiration and high desire.
There is Il thorn in the flesh Of every
living man II woman. Very many
people skillfully cover up the fostering
spot aud smile and look pleasant to all
they meet. There are others, however,
who are continually exposing TO view
their sore AVID liberated wounds, CRYING
aloud to others To come aud look.
Intolerance Of the religious views Of
those who differ from them is one Of the
chief characteristics Of the religious de
nominations Of the present day. In.
tolerance is a great stumbling block to
advancement IN any walk of life, but it
is especially so in religion. Learn to be
very lenient to your neighbor in IA re.
ligious way, for he is trying just as hard
as you are to live and think right,