[Pg 87]A prisoner in the last stages of tuberculosis9 once sent for him. The chaplain came to his bedside some few days later. The prisoner was weak and exhausted10 from much coughing. The chaplain looked down on him and asked in a voice toned with disapproval11, “Well, what do you want with me?” The prisoner whispered that he would like him to pray with him. “It’s too late for that,” the chaplain answered as he turned from the bedside. Some few days after the man died.
The duties of the chaplain consisted of opening and reading the letters sent and received by the prisoners, and preaching and praying on Sundays. We think the Master paid scant12 attention to his prayers.
The personality of the warden13 had contaminated the characters of his underlings with few exceptions. The guards were unsuited to their positions and held them only by reason of political influence. Like a flower standing14 amid a great expanse of tares15 and thistles stood one man in this institution. He held at that time the position[Pg 88] of assistant warden, and I ever found him square and decent. It was due to him in no small measure when the prisoners enjoyed any privileges. He leaned ever on the side of the man, always human and ready to do a favor.

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