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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1 20, 19J0.' 2 , Notice regarding pictures y' ' The socond shipment ha arrived and every ono will be sup plied mi fast as the rirrnlallon department can get pictures ready - for delivery, fall any day this BROWN DESCRIBES NIGHT OF ill IN FOUL GULL PEN Denver Humanitarian, Now in Portland, Writes of Experi ences in Jail of Great West ern City. Edwin. Urown. tho author of the art! Cle Which follows, Ik a noted humanltar Ian and worker anion the ma-sses. He Is. at - the present time. In Portland In an effort to bring about the estab .llsliment of a municipal lodging house -a shelter for the man out of work. He has atarted movements In ninny cities for auch industrial homea, and In lnves -"ttgattng conditions, has gone about, as . fc Jiaa done In Portland, garbed aftwa workman. He has spojit nights In many City prisons, but declare that his ex periences In the "bull pen" of a western city, which he describe! In this article, are Impressed most vividly upon his memory. "With bars they blur the gracious moon And bund the goodly sun. And they do well to hide their hell For In It things are done The- !on of God nor son of man '' Ev'er should look upon." Down at the foot of a street which for years was the city's most fashion- able thoroughfare, elands a city hall nd in It Is the city jail, and deep within that Jail la the dungeon "The bull pen." As It la today. It Is a reflection on humanity, an Insult to Intelligence and a reproach upon that city's culture. The woman's club of that city fought this horror for years, and they have com pelled Some changes. But the horror tl.V remains. The people are made to believe that Its existence Is a necessity. If our Savior went to that city today, notwithstanding the thousands of doors that, would open to receive him, the first placa he would seek .would be the city's black hole" In that city Jail, and the first greeting he would give would be to Its occupants, and the first hands he would clasp would be the hands of the hunted victims of this monstrous cell f darkest Russia this torture chamber of the middle ages: I can best describe It with my actual experience, In my search for truth on which to build a foundation for municipal lodging houses. Driven Txom Station. It was a cold night In February. I went to the railway station to board a midnight train. On reaching there I found there would be nd -train until 3 o'clock In the morning, so I decided to return to my hotel. Just then a clock truck. 12 times. A police officer began to clear the place of 3 2 men who were the city JhII. I did not remonstrate, ax others were doing. My clothes were lorn open, I was searched, and In an other Instant the one great Iron burred floor was clanged, with a curse, the great key turned, and I was In that cavern of hell, the bull pen of the city, Flung In Duaaaon. The first thing I did was to observe my surroundings. I was In a dungeon ceil. .10 h ;n feet In slic, In flic heart of t ho Jail. It was dimly lighted by one lump In (he celling. About half way around wis the stationary bench which. I understood, had been recently put In i( Iron and wood through the efforts of tho Woman's club l'p to this tlni" (horn hail been nothing on Rliirh to lie hut the filthy floor. Thin great cell seemed to be complete!) scaled up py a copper or heavy Iron sheeting, except at one end where It was perforated lis though .It covered some Inner windows The only opening visible was the one heavy barred door through which we wer thrust. In on corner was an exposed sanitary con venietiee; emitting the most foul odors. Near to this was a small pipe from I which a stream of water was running onto a stone, and an old. battered tl:i cup. some one wno Had cllmrieij up the grated door as far as he could reaqh had written with a piece of char coal, "Vote for Ilayward and close the Jails." Although there were more than 12 of us In the crowded space, the grat ing, of the Iron doors and the elank of key would herald a new victim until we were 20. and yet 1 doubt If In the whole city there was a man who was better or worse than we. The scene was woefully dramatic. Some of the poor creatures were sit ting with heads hanging In a dejected manner. Some were lying on the stone floor sound asleep. One or two were moaning; another talking to himself In low. monotonous tones; several were talking to each other, one In particular In a loud, bitter voice was condemning the law and the aystem of Jails; on.' was raving with delirium tremens, i For the climax, two men IN DEADLY BATTLE SPEAKERSHORN OF (Continued from Pap One.) were inrown in wno vomited all over the drinking cup and drinking place, and all over the floor, making It slip pery with slime, and cockroaches as large as a man's thumb were running all about. Some of the men walked the flobr continually. You could read In their troubled faces It was their first time in Jail. When someone appeared before the barred door, a trusty, a Jailor or a keeper, they would spring forward with a look of pleading and anguish such as s drowning man would look for a savior. Cold Sweeps Prisoners. There was no one to look after the ventilation. At the perforated end of the great cell, the cold came In so forcible It could be endured only a short time, and at the other end the steam pipe ran up and was so hot we could not remain near. Those who were not too exhausted and broken. drifted from one side of the cell to the other as long as nature would endure. Tired at last I sat down In the , midst of my companions in misery. I Im agined the life of each the sick, the suspect, the beggar, the vagrant, the lunatic, the lodger, the drunk, the fighter, the delirium "tremer." the people to elect a Democratic majority," is the wsy tiie Democrats look at It. Popular Interest Something; Historic. Members and spectators were strained almost to breaking by the excitement attending Important stages of the con tost, and the demonstrations were the most strenuous ever made In congress. Stillness so complete as to be oppres sive fell on the chamber each time the clerk tinned to hand the speaker a slip of paper giving the, fateful result of a roll call. A U of those favored the al lies, the aggressi ves in the fight, and tne announcement of each successive victory brought them to their feet. Their cheers, savage and exultant, filled the cliuniber with an overwhelm ing roar of applause. They wave. I their aims and repeated the cheers. again and again. As for the spectators. thev filled tho seats and packed the corri dors, the latter crowd standing out of sight and sound, with strained necks and anxious faces, for hours In the hop of getting a glimpse or a word of the show. Shirtwaists were out by the hundreds, and scores of advance copies of Kaster hats Illuminated the scene. Rotables Glad to Sit Anywhere. In th Jammed condition of the diplo matic and presidential reservations, notables of high degree, both ladles and gentlemen, were given a chance to sit on steps. Ambassador Bryce, who la al ways on hand when big things happen, arrived late and Htood In the crowded passageway looking for seats where there were no seats. An athletic middle agd lady tendered her seat to the whue bearded representative of King HMward. He hesitated in accepting It and the lady, arisjwg, pushed him into the chair, while she seated herself on the step. Director John Barrett of the Bureau of American Republics, held a sick-drunks front place In the diplomatic section. motion to declare tha speaker1! chair va cant. ; - . Burleson alia tot tha Challanga. Meantime Burleson was striving to get recognition for his resolution to oust the speaker, and Shirley (Democrat, Kentucky) was demanding; that the npmiiier put ma motion to adjourn. Tha defeat of Burleson'e motion, which he finally -succeeded in getting v nuuBe, airprciea tna regulars tholr opportunity for a demonstration, and they made full use of It. They rose en masse and gave cheeri that could be beard for a mtla. While the house ad!ntirnA finaiirar Cannon, standing, on the lower step of no inKiii .mat leans to the "throne." you wouldn't compromise or give In an inch." :. . . . 1 All tat "Compromise" on One Side, "We had nothing to Compromise on," said Mann, who was probably the mad dest member of the house during most of the day. "They did not offer us any thing at all. They wanted us to do all the giving In and would hand us nothing In return." "Dvery proposition, ,they made waa a humiliation for the speaker," declared Representative' Tawney of Minnesota, afterwards, "and we had too much res pect for him to either entertain them or to submit them to him. We knew he would not agree to any of them and would much prefer to go down with fly shook hands with hla followers as they ln" colors to submitting to the terms inea oy. with a broad smite h n..,l vnereu. out friendly greetings. Afterwards, ln his office, he gave a ir-cri.uuu. a crown of "War" rorre rpomienis surrounded him there and joined in a demand for a statement What the Insurgents "Offered." The terms "offered" by the Insur gent-Democratic combine was merely demand that the regulars accept the Cannon refused, on the ground tha This V't tee f If een In number r the" speech had been a full statement of hstt" HJ' s sentiments. It waa n...i h. : . " 7 : '" ... as he had been Tirnettcoii would be appropriate that tell the country what he speaker, It he should would do. "Oh. I 'spose I shall go on speaking hiiu praying, ne said Story of the Last Battle. in the waiting room. Thank God. there thief, the gambler, and the wife-beater. were no women among them: These men 1 1 saw blood drops all over the floor. had crept in out of the cold in the hope . or being allowed to remain until morn ing. i approacnea a natr ciaa young marv "Why are they driving you eut?1 ' questioned him. "No one," he answered, "is allowed to remain in the station after midnight, unless they have bought a railroad ticket or have the price of one. They . Know none of these men have either. "What are you going to do this cold night? I anxiously Inquired. "I am going down to the tower of swuenman I know, he said. "He's friendly to me because I am. out of work, rie will let me sleep on the floor or ma lookout. This boy could rest ln the tower of the Individual man who had been touched by his helplessness, but ln the great warm palace of the railway sta tlon, he was kicked out as rubbish for toe dump. it was Del ween 12 and 1 o'clock. I walked to a lonely, dark street of the city to take- an "owl" car bound for my , noiei. wnne going my way a police man halted me. I felt he was going . to question me, probably with the In tention of arresting me. On the Instant the thought came to me like an electric charge. "This Is the strategic moment for you. Meet him with evasive an swers, let him arrest you. and you will learn from actual experience the secrets of that awful cell ln the city Jail" a hint of which had come to me like a smothered sob from out the darkness. While these thoughts flashed through my mind, the officer gave the alarm from the patrol box. In another moment,! wlWi Uamor and clang, came three greac eiaiwan men to put me In the wagon. l shuddered for a moynent irom norror. I thought what If this were actually true that I was a classed as a vagrant. In a short time I was in 111 . WHAT'S THE LSE Sticking to a Habit when It Mean Discomfort? Old King Toffee knocks subjects out tolerably flat at times, and there Is no possible doubt of what did it. A Mich- 'ifmr-oraan gives her experience: "I used to have liver trouble nearly all Of the time and took medicine, which relieved me only for a little while. Then every once in a while I would be sud denly doubled up with an awful agony In my stomach. It seemed as though vers time I took a breath I would die. No one could suffer any more and live. "Finally I got down so sick with ca tarrh of the stomach that I could not turn over in bed. and my stomach did not digest even milk Tiu doctor finally told me that if I did not give up drink ing coffee I would surely die, hut 1 felt I could not give it up. "However, Husband brought home a package of Postum atd it was made Strictly according to directions. It was the only thing that would stay on my (stomach, and I soon got so I liked It very much "Gradually I bgan to (jet better, and i week by week gained in strength and j Health. Jow I am In perfect condition, and I am convinced that the whole cause of my trouble, was coffee drink ing, and my getting better was due to leaving off coffee and taking Postum. "A short time ago I tasW some cof fee end found, to my astonishment, that - J did not -cere anything about It. I never have to take medicine any more. .1 hope you will use this letter for the benefit of those suffering from the poi sonous effects of coffee." Read the Jjttie book, "The Rood o cllv!l," in pkgs. "There's a Keason ." , Kror read th above letter? A new fne appear from time to time. They r genuine", trufj and fulj of human tntttHL ii I thought of all 1 had read and heard while in that city of that dread cell of the young boy who laid In there dead 36 hours without notice. At the morgue they called him a worthless "dope fiend." and yet someone from his old Eastern home went the thousands of miles to that city to take his body back and bury It, for Jove's sake. I thought of the man whose ears were bitten off In there; of the mother who came in the morning to try and get release for her 17 year old boy and found him so brutally beaten that she could not recognise her own son; of the old man 63 years of age who had cut his throat ln there; of the demented man who cried to the Jailer, "Take me out of this place and put me ln a cell alone, the other men are going to mur der and rob me." He waa sane enough to know the horror of that crowded cell. I thought of the young man 25 years of age who went mad there. His head was covered with bruises and cuts. It came out that he had received no medi cal attention. The men gave him water which was all they could do for him. for they could not Inform the humane world. Knowing all these horrors I am told that I do not know the half. A young boy of IS who had been tramping back and forth came and spoke to mo. I made room for him to Bit beside me. First Time ln 7a 11. I am arrested," he said to me with a shamed fare, "as a vng and for investi gation. This is the first time I ever was ln Jail. I am glad my old father and mother don't know where I am to night. Oh, what wouldn't I give to be hack i home again, sitting In the old rocking chair in the. big kitchen with the cat in my lap and watching mother rook sup per. Just as I used to he." At the recol lection he choked and went over and hung by the Iron bars of the door with both hands. Then he dropped his head upon The counsellor of the British embassy. wearing a light gray suit, had the luck to draw the lowest step In the section, which was the best In the lot. Mrs. Nlrholas Lnngworth was ln the president's reservation. The wives of many of the congressmen were present In the members' gallery throughout the afternoon, conspicuous among them being Mrs. Norrls, wife of the Insurgent leader. When the height of excitement was reached late In the dar. the pressure on the doorkeepers In the main hallway became so heavy that women, for the first time, stood on the floor of the house during a session. The Tale as Told by the Totes. Norrls assumed the leadership of the allies .in the final stages of the battle and filled the part without losing a point. Several roll calls were necessary to create the new committee on rules. He offered a substitute to his original resolution, and the former was the sub ject under consideration. When the De bate, on the substitute had run for an hour. Norrls. to stop the flpw of talk, moved tiie previous question. A roll call was denlanded and was carried by a vote of 178 to 169. It was an indication to the allies that their ranks were'un broken, and they cheered lustily. The next vote was on the question of replacing the original resolution with the substitute. It went through by a vote of 193 to 153. Final Test Glorious Victory. Then came the final test, and Interest was at Its highest pitch because of re ports that the regulars had ln reserve strength that was to be used at the decisive moment. As the call proceeded and the Insurgents and Democrats stood solid on the line It soon became evi dent that the great contest which had Interested the entire country had been won. The result was 191 to 155 for the final adoption of the resolution, and the announcement was received with the greatest demonstration of the day. Norrls moved to adjourn, but with held It at Cannon's request, that the latter might make his speech declaring that the majority should rule and his willingness at any time to entertain a nel to ten. In each easo the sneaker was io be eliminated. Martin's substi tute was the better of the two, for the regulars, for it said nothing about tho regulars at all ln relation to the rules committee of the present session, but specified that the speaker should not be a member of the committee after From the moment the rnf.. i. tr A'arcn 4. 1911. The regulars were, how the camps of oin. .u. lever, to make a "gentlemen's agree lars came out of the -ov. J ,!5 m,nt" thftt l"e speaker should not be committee at 11 a. m ,, a mDer or. llle rcunmlttee. that they 1(I reached no eo,.,"'." . i"e regulars smiled bitterly, refusing It was S foregone conclusion i t ,. 10 make any CO"1'"'- fight was on to the Xa h JUR? when "V" lnBUrnt dor. then held a the death blow 7hhl l U,e m""n pf tMr own: " h"" no parliamentarian could tell, fur tt oil I couiiiei noses agreed that all depended upon how much of a filibuster , , , '.tn1 atlJ."rn'1 ln t,me the regulars would make In tiielr 'pro h , "ge 7 ' "T a'l"',0US "'W,i 0" sltlon to the will of the all ,"7 It U'fl f'0r f ",P ,',",m,,r was as certain to come as tho hour of Cannon's Challenge and Swan song, noon. a o,.r, . . h. ...... i I lie news of "no aaremenf n-no that tha hatiln .i,... flashed to the senate, the nivnnmi.ni it mta-ht eveninallv cr . v.i i. - , tt. - - - - ......... n iDi iiiiii, iic departments and to the world at lr rewrote the rnllno- h t,n rr.n.i and every one In Washington who be- delivery the day before, and extended It ... . .. mat ne or sue nad the ghost of to some extent by the addition of hlstor ......... o ... iumiii even a looK-m on Icai octal is. Il ol,. mH. u -..v. the proceedings made all haste toward sketch of the speech he intended to make at the end of the battle, and then walked firmly, almost Jauntily, into the house chamber with his face as calm as If he were about to preside at any ordinary uneventful session of the body. The usual red carnation was ln his buttonhole and he paid no more atten tion to the great outburst of applause that swept over the floor and galler ies than If It had -been a breese flut tering the flags on the capltol roof. Ovation to Conquered Ciar. He ascended the rostrum with a buoy ant step, waited a minute for the hand the capltol. Record Crowd Jams the Capitol. By 11:30- the galleries were crowded as they had never been In the recollec tion of the oldest doorkeeper; the halls leading to the galleries and the house chamber were overflowing, and senators ex-members and other personages who had the "privilege of the floor" crowded Into the big square apartment to wit ness what was to become one of the most momentous scenes ln the hlstorv of the house. The senators and mem bers alike were besieged for cards of admission to the galleries hni lr a k I. ' ... , , ,, j . T " t "i'i""s 'iu ami slumping to cease, ...n nuune io inen nrouent in order there were no vacant seats and sqatuds of angry ticket holders wandered up and down the halls or stairways, voicing their Indignation. The com plaint fell on deaf ears, for the guard ians of the door i had troubles of their own. Several women were taken out during the afternoon In a more or less collapsed state from excitement and fa tigue incident to standing for four hours in cramped positions, but no se rious cases were reported up to the time of adjournment. Speaker Cheerful and Belligerent. Following the conference of the bel ligerents under the flag of truce, which lasted Just an hour. Representatives gavel down on the tabje before him with a resounding whack. He was ohligVd to beat the desk for two minutes before the ap plause stopped and he was able to make himself heard. "The house will be in order," he. said, and then he added, as all the members rose to stand at their seats, "the chap lain will offer prayer." Prayor was offered by the blind chaplain, Mr. Couden. He prayed for "peace," which Just at that time was some distance removed from the house chamber, for every one within the sound of his voice tingled with the excitement ... m ...... i - tt. . . . ... . .. ' name, ne HBReo. ror love and un ion," and ended his fervent sunnlinntion fore' had been read and corrected, tnere- waa a sudden lull, a, hush of expectancy and a gaep. ' ' . ' The 'crucial moment hads arrived. ; "Mr. . Speakef." Representative Gaines (Rep. W. Va.f waa on hla feet shouting at the top of his vohse. "Mr. Speaker," again yelled Gaines, "ln order that the Republican members may have time to hold a conference, j move that the house do now adjourn." The chair cannot entertain that mo tion before the ' journal ha been ap-. proved," .exclaimed the speaker. Cannon Knlea Against Morris,' Mr. Gaines subsided and the speaker obtained the approval of the- house "of tne Journal aa corrected, and then an nounced that he would rule on the point of order raised by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Dalzell) to the resolution offered by the gentleman from Nebras ka, (Norrls). He- ordered the resolution read by the clerk, and then announced hla rul ing. Norrls, author of the resolution which toe speaker had now declared out of order, leaped to his feet with an "I ap- lm i rum me QeciSlon of the chnlr" and almost in the- same breath Dalsell (Rep. Penn.) shouted, "I move to lay inm mouon on the table." The vote on Dalsell's motion, the ftr.t test of strength of the day. resulted in a record of l4 ayPW and 11 tiom, -From that moment until the close of me legislative dav. shortlv k o'clock, the eagles of victory perched on the standards of the allies. Instead of gaining- strength lars lost it steadily, the vnrlni. li vans snowing gains of 5, 10 and 16 at jump, ana by 4 o clock the retreat had turned into a panic and many hereto fore stanch regulars bolted their former allegiance and Jumped sprawling Jnto uio uiuiu union. oui me oia guard roue-ht on tn like Tawney of Minnesota. Mann of im. nois. jjwignt of New York, Dalsell and nuiier or i'ennsyi vania. Gaines of West vugima, nartnoldt of MUsnnrt ml Smith of Iowa stood behind the speaker lu"s mere was any righting to be which tha fight had been 'waged and) won. , , - - it .it- . .- - . r. ft POWERS' OF CANNON AND HOW USURPED; : ; EFFECTS OF CHANGE done. imizeii, .viann ana mnn. or iowa. ano dv repeating the Lords prayer. Many former Representative Watson of In- of the members murmured the words dlana visited Cannon In the speaker's of the hallowed invocation and then took office and told him the result. They ; a figurative hitch In thetr cartridge found lilm cheerful and full of fight, j belts, the better to prepare themselves He said: ! for the hand to hand struggle with 'Boys, it looks as though we were the other side beaten, but well die game. I'm glad' As soon as the Journal of the dv h.J To Filibuster Jnet Tai Tight. Rut It must be said they are given credit for making a clean. upVlght fight In the last ditch. Had they been dis posed to "filibuster," to take advantage of all possible schemes for delay, they might have kept the house in session for hours. But they did not stoop to such tactics. They fought the battle In the open and faced defeat unfllnch Ingly, ant) when defeat could no longer be deferred by the rules of fair and square warfare they took their medl. cine. I he Jubilation of the vlctora quenched In the wave of sympathy which swept over the house when the speaker, shorn of his power, delivered at the close of the fight a manly siraignttorward talk to the members. There was In it a sneer at the so-called "Insurgents" who had overturned the party majority In the house, but he did not threaten them with wrath to come or upbraid them for cagslng his undoing. Tears for a Fallen Toe. Cheers that almost raised the glass in the roof greeted the termination of the speaker's remarks, and when a few minutes later they sang "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" there was many a moisi eye in the gallery and on the floor, and every tongue ln the great hall Joined to swell the chorus. By a vote of 191 to 165 the house re fused to adopt a motion made by Repre sentative Burleson (Dem. Texas), In vited by Mr. Cannon himself, to declare the speakership vacant. It was CannoniSm, not Cannon ir .OMeo' Prws Leased Wlin.) ; 4 ; (Washington, , March : 18. To wrest from, control of the speaker hla domln, tion of the rulea committee has tn the object of . the Insurgent movement nom urn nrst. , , The committee on rulea la the gov erning body of the, house. Hitherto 'It haa consisted of five members, appoint ed by theapeaker. Under the prece dents of the house which are almost aa binding aa the rulea themselves the speaker himself has been a member of thla committee. Two' -other majoritv members and two of the mlnorltv com.- pleted lta membership. Primaiilv. the committee waa supposed only to con sider changes In the rulea, but from time to time these same precedents were Invoked gradually to enlarge i-s Jurisdiction, so that at the present srs. sion It could, ln theory at least, puss upon any legislative proposition what ever save an appropriation bill. The committee haa been used as the fulcrum upon which the speaker swung the house; a club with which to fore things through, the cure-all for every legislative ill. By the rules. It takes a two-thirds vote to suspend the regular rules and consider some special measure out of Its order. Under the rulea committee system, the apeaker could call hla four colleaguea together and "pass a rule" that the measure should be considered at such and such a time. It would be reported . to the house, adopted' by ma jority vote and the proposition fe which it paved the way was then ln order. It took only a majority vote , to pass It not the two-thirds neces sary under the regular proceedure. It Is ln virtue of this power to abro gate the two-thirds vote that tha rules committee Is omnipotent. The Cannon organization utlllied this advantage to force through the last congress Its Item providing for an increase in the Ur of the president. By a special "rule" It was able to shut off debate on the tariff hill With A k , 1... . m ... niajuitijr Ul lllfl house tho Reonhllcans hlraH k.. the precedents, and until insurgency sprouted every Republican did it without queatlon, simply as a matter of "party loyalty." It waa nnsatKi. hv th aid of the committee on rules to ac celerate or prevent the accomplishment of almost nnv nehemA nf iaiBuaA- --rf ' ' -J " - i.giDmuuu. To the committee haa also been lal -.w the failure of the house to got before iUC an appropriation of $50,000 with which l iu vii iy vn mo puDiicuy reature ln the corporation lax law. Under the rules of the house, a "re port from the committee on rules Is privileged." That Is, nothing can In terfere with Its consideration, and there Is no way to atave It off except by ad journing, i The Norrls rules committee will be composed of 10 representatives, elected by the house not appointed by the speaker. There Is no chance of "pack ing" it. Moreover, the speaker Is spe cifically excluded from service on it The chairman of the rules committee la to be chosen by vote of Its 10 mm her The change Is revolutionary. No long er will the speaker be the autocrat -He will have such power as the committee on rules or Its chairman may allow htm and the committee will be subject tc the will of the house. If . the oceans were suddenly dried u and the rivers of the world could con tinue their present rate of flow, it would take 3500 years to refill the basins. every man Joined ln the song. I could only listen and jaonder, while I heard a still small voice say, "From the lowest depths I will lift them to the loftiest heights." The men were all quiet now, sub dued. A negro came to the door and counted us. In a few minutes an assist ant brought each a tin plate without knife or fork, on which was some hash, a boiled potato with the skin on, a piece of hard bread and two battered tin cans of muddy looking stuff they called cot fee, with three old tin cups for all of us to drink from. They shoved the platters In on the slimy covered floor They feared if we were allowed knives and forks, since we were brutes, we would", perhaps, kill one another. How' could their dulled brains su&pect there were boys and men fn that pen who talked of home and mother and who drifted ln Imagination back to their boyhood days and that It was In them to unite ln singing "Lead Kindly Light"? . . 111! No one seemed to care for breakfast. his hands and remained motion- i Tne nearly famished men tried to eat a less, save when a wave of feeling shook i oegan io reel tnat I had seen his boyish form. Exhausted by an excess of emotion. I fell Into a semi-sleep. I was awakened by a young man who began to whistle in the sweetest tones Mendelssohn's ".Spring Song." Ho whistled It with a master's skill, putting in all the grace notes and with its crescendoes and diminuendoes. I was surprised and thrilled by the Impromptu specialty. As all I could possibly endure, so I caught a trusty's ear and slipped him a note to a good woman-r-a friend I knew In j mat city, it was a goon woman com ing from the church who pointed Jean Valjcnn to the Bishop of D. j In a while I was once more an Ameri can citizen, out ln the glorious sunshine and God's pure air. nut in the great i bright world of ours But mv spirit SPECIAL SALE AT SPECIAL TERMS-ONE DOLLAR DOWN, ONE DOLLAR A WEEK-PRICES iwra nUN YUU UAW FIND ELSEWHERE FOR CASH. the melody filled the cell It took posses- ! wlM bo ln rHson from the haunting sion of my quick Imagination until I forgot the wretched man and surround ings and saw myself a boy again. I felt the warm breeze of a spring time fanning the buds of an orchard into blossom. I saw the butterflies darting from flower to flower: I heard the katydids and crickets fti the tangled grasses of tho fields. I saw the blue bells and the daffodils peeping up through the red rooss and green ferns and the dead leaves of a year ago; I saw the Knglish violets touched by the mist of a hillside stream, lift their tiny faces to the sun like little children laughing through their tears. I heard the music of the stream and laughter far down through the wood. I saw myself a little boy. lying on my hack In the green meadows, looking up into the blue sky to watch the white cloudships sailing by. And then all j these nir-n became little barefooted hoys j again, sitting under the great shade tree down by the river where they used to swim, and I heard them telling one another of their hopes and ambitions and of the wonderul things they meant to do when tliey had grown to be men just as I used to do. Daylight and Song. The whistling reused and a dim ray of daylight from somewhere fell Into our prison the dayi had come,. 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