Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1896-04-18 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

FOUNDED ON PACT.  calendar months—it ought to make her mouth water!" His face at this severe speech of mine was a study. "But," I said, "I must really go now." "Oh, don't go yet, please!" he said, very earnestly. "You are certainly a Job's comforter; but you're bettor than no one." "But I've said ell I have to say," I replied. "Oh, never mind that. Sky it all over again; and ru say all I said before all over again. When you go I shall be locked up onoe more in my awfully oold oell as a man eager to commit suicide; and I shall be watched like a savage wild beast. You know you can star if you like, so please don't go. I really can t stand this dreary, cold, echoing, awful place; no beer, no fire, no braces, no handkerchief; and I've got such a cold in my bead. Oh! hang suicide, I say!" I quickly 'chuckled to myself and thought Harry was getting a good lesson at last. I stayed another half-hour, and before I left he was quite converted to the opinion that, after all, there was, perhaps, something to be said even for hard work, when such a splendid scheme resulted in ignominious failure. At the end of the week Harry was again ar reigned before the Lord Mayor, who was desirous to learn the effect produced on the midguided youth by the spiritual advice and teachnip of the Chaplain of Newgate, to whose admirable exhortations he. the Lord Mayor, was eager to add some carefully-prepared admonitions of his own. I don't know what produced the change in the appearance of Harry, whether it was the want of braces, or necktie, or collar, or handkerchief, or the low fare, or the cold weather, or the Chaplain's advice and instruction; but the change wrought in the impudent, careless, reckless youth was certainly nothing short of wonderful. He looked the most spiritless, washed-out, limp specimen of humanity I ever saw. When his case came before the Lord Mayor, and after all the circumstances were restated, his lordship, in solemn, slow tones, addressed the prisoner: "I know, young and misguided man, what prompted you to attempt to commit the terribly wcked action which was providentially prevented by the prompt and praiseworthy action of the police officer." Harry told me in confidence afterwards that when the Lord Mayor said he knew whet prompted , him to appear to attempt to commit suicide, Le felt every drop of his blood congeal with horror. I Ile thought the Lord Mayor had discovered the whole of the plot, and that he was certain to get three months imprisonment. The Lord Mayor stopped to enjoy the full effect his eloquent speech hid so evidently produced on the prisoner. Then his lordship resumed his address, more slowly and unctuously even than before. "Yes, unhappy young man, I know the cause that prompted you to the terrible action •o mercifully prevented; and that cause was drink!" The frozen horror of Harry's face gradually relaxed and melted, and he said, eagerly— "Oh, yes, indeed, my lord, you are quite right ; it was drink, indeed it was! But if you will let me go. such is the effect of your lordship's kind speech and the chaplain's sermons, that I promise to sign the pledge directly I am outside this court. I am a deeply repentant man." _ .  The Lord Mayor looked at him now with great complacence and compasion, and said mildly— Has this unfortunate, but, I trust, truly repentant young man, any friends present in court?" _ _  I promptly rose and said— " Yes, my lord, his brother and other relatives are here. His poor mother, a widow, is too distressed to appear." " Will those present take charge of the unhappy youth, axid assist him in carrying out the good intention he has formed?" returned the Lord Mayor, with great solemnity. "Oh, yes, my lord, they are most eager to do so, I can assure your lordship." 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