New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

Neul.
Jasper MEMO when your wife came
@. YOU with a confession on her lips. and
f-aver for forgiven II her heart YOU
took her II your arms and poured deadly
poison or her lips, You did Answer,
Menlo was face 10 face with his fate
The hideOusness OF the charge crept on
him Ike the chill OF death. He sat as one
5aze3. He became aware of the indignant
-otest OF ms own counsel. and OF a quick
and heated exchange of legal arguments.
liz heard himself informed that he need
r- ;ucrlmlnate himself. and other ex-
change Ot meaningless words But It was
to. .are. His talterlng. uncertain. wan
----ug replies and manner had done their
lie shook MS head. and saw Uube-
LEI III the ewes of ali.
There had preceded him or the stand
chemists VINO had analvzed the poison
-.--l N the stomach and on the lips OF
The murdered wife. All agreed that the
poison meant sure death. At some point
~ the trial the prosecutor had deity Gre
ate5 the impression that MEMO had pre-
ra-ed the poison TO kill Baxter. but that
IN his rage he had chosen the dearer VIC
TIM The drug clerk was again called
He told Of hearing q chair upset. and Of
the rlteous protests OF Alice. L had
seemed To nm as Il further articulation
had been cut OF.
MEMO Was forced 10 admit that he had
concocret the poison. His answers We're
vague when asked why. Love of eX-
ue-iueutatlor he had sand. Asked what
had become Of rhe bottle he was unable
t. tell. He admitted having It IL ms hand
earlier II the evening. The record oil Men
d. ideal home lie counted for nothing II
the lace of these facts.
NOV Al last n The solitude Of his
prison cell The death 0- Alice burst
vron him II al rs fearful weight. He
welcomed the guards who put MIN to
work. Work. hard work. II the noise and
Crime of d prison shop. where men may
scarce look --ta one another ewes with
au- feeling the repression Ct q guard
1-uE warning lulls the battling sense Of
the h-are--. and MEMO crushed and
dltl' led made no resistance to his fate He
was no different 10 The guards than his
brutal shop mates. only that has hands
re-e whittier and his intelligence seemed
l--eue-
Mer-a was given na choice Of -ocatiors
And here Is where Fate. IL its initial
kindly al-. sent him The first nipple o..
reversing tide. lie T.a5 Sci 10 work a- The
,--l at Il pounding c-unch;ug line ot ma
chimes n The r--~- r. ShoeShop. Here the
--- -a---ll- had accustomed themselves 10
The daily stencil. He had become but one
small sui-irleSs part Of . Erea- disciplined
machine There were TWO hundred more
-asr ike him IN tins steamlng ghasrly ll-
vision Of men stamped with vice and the
record of crimes done IN the darkness OF
night
Merlo had never puc his hand to ma
.a.ue IN all his lte. The roar and the re
Ier-less power ot the one Intrusted To him
APPALLED, him N his enfeehled state. He
s1lre-ed as with mathematical regularity
II, iron Jaws came together. With q GER
tan fascination he watched Il punch and
trim without the variation Of q hair
breadth the sa-ious shapes OF leather.
(which as they passed from man 10 man.
from process 70 process ultimately grew
,rra that hated article Of commerce. the
prison made shoe He saw the shapes
pass through the hard hands q Two hun
GreI other -e5elligus men Ike himself
and he wondered what their thoughts
might be The shoe he saw completed al