Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1885-09-25 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

FORTY BHILLINGS, OR A MONTH."  BY ONE WHO HAD 10 DAYS OF a.  In my article, "Don't interfere with the Police," I related how I got into prison. Now, as to my ten days' sojourn in Holloway Gaol, which, though 'have since been able jestingly to refer to as "my stay in the north during the grouse season," was far, very far, from being a joke at the time. I arrived at the prison about three o'clock in the afternoon, having been conveyed there in the prison van with a miscellaneous collodion of criminals; and a description of each having been entered in a book, we werethen told to stand with our faces to the wall, which humiliating position I shall never forget, as it WAS the first " facer" I experienced. Conscious of not being an hardened criminal, even if guilty of having presumed to remonstrate with a policeman, and taking into consideration the fact that I was fined, I vainly imagined that I should simply be detained without having to undergo the degradation inflicted upon thieves, murderers, forgeria, &c. but in a very few minutes my dream was dispelled, and I found out that the offence with which you are charged has nothing to do with your treatment, which is regulated by thelength of your sentence. Accordingly, in common with the others, I had to dispense with all my clothing, be examined by one of the warders, and then treated to a lukewarm bath, after which, in exchange for my own attire, I was presented with a clean but excruciatingly coarse shirt; a pair of moleskin trousers elaborately marked with the bread arrow, as was also the prison pair of woollen socks, the waisteqat, coat, and cap, with Which I was invested. While the giving out of garments was going on, I noticed that several of my fellow-prisoners, or rather their heads, were subjected t() ate fidesoaa of8, barber, who relieved them of all superfluous hair, and _gave them what I believe is termed a "county crop." I naturally thought that this was an indignity reserved for those with severe sentences, and who had done something really deserving of punishment; but, to my astonishment, when my turn came, I was treated likewise' notwith: standing that the authorities were aware that I ex, pected my fine to be paid. The hair-cutting operation lover we were all presented with a pair of sheets, a towel, and what I imagined was a very coarse duster, antl then marched off to our respective cells. When the door closed, and I heard the warder's key turn in the hick, I felt a sense of relief to know that I Ishould not bave to herd with those gentlemen— ' n4Y oompAnions in dirtie— vho, no matter hew prepossessing they may Appear in ordinary attim I Yfoh friqre qr less repellent With their hair cut close h4l4o4webv;rl4,itwlrel4dlfPrAifsteqqr, gßafre4}; kTqu4rtiis' ilsoelnistearycicornlineer'ment, only relieved by tbe visit .qf a warder, wit), opening the door and thrusting in eight ounces of t. 6 coarsest description of brown bread, growled nit in by no means gentle accents, " Here, take. this. The endure thisght th solitude as almostatifiotrthirtwy-oneday uneate, butslbmrithave Wit  whi the II loel the bee  Co doc wh OYr  cla TOt WS is