Show t j jart i ia j art a c In B Wing BY t tJ J f yf L I Mi Ii q Pocket Pock Moving vi her few fewa Jt t step p h e i ilL tJ the air sir rOUd a nl the exercise xe yard I rr un I and stopped with a e cou mk in k h h I 10 f r i I tw wardress on oa fl duty d u t 7 tin the t y dI III the prison n garb gar garI b wonder won er erp p I 1 follow folio f n ase ise Mb MIa eald W Id Mis Mish 1 If I h ir best smile smite 1 i should Id L 7 k the baby I 1 p i permission to scale ria I t lt hr ladies her ber compan would have shown leas I U n J J r Ia i indeed the very first brat c I ot M 1 s Pocket had 1 VJ if iy one baby in B Br win wini Th r and fatter and andi hand I t i J g i 1 t tS S Pocket Gets the Baby han any of the seven seyen babies bles In Inin n in the absence of a wedding ni the rue finger of the comely n v man w who ho owned Oed it lent an ex exI r ni III I interest to the mystery in inis inri is ri nm in was waR involved plum i miri and a I chirpy mite of a baby 0 I t b 1 i ailed a vital factor In Lt nime of discipline in B Bh Bt t h hn n a i t lady ady showed an t l ii tl k out or took on a brood i lOr H a tit fit if f the sulks Bulks a wardress I nt nl rhin to 1 I the cell at the end of f fI 1 r to I a ten minutes loan of the ther ff r t in m most eases cases was wan magical n hart had been hf en known to quell an antI r mutiny tI merely by being ex cx exi 1 i in m the arms of the ma math th door or of f each cell In u morning ring exercise good con conr r r P r the c mother consenting i Id pil l to tu earry arry it three times j asphalt halt paths or sit with it 1 11 minutes on the grass Krass bank bankI h T w I a i i 1 I I Sometimes the eyes of ni n ti IHre ere rF wet when wh n they gave gavek i fi huk halk k and occasionally one of v u J i be ht I s seen n In a full flood of j tr th while she held beld the baby r bling In her arms That Ity suhl I infant infanti j IN Ii po i ket k t ha 1 never weakened a ner v r this i i m It rule ule i Alone Alo among the B f 1 ing i n she he had never car 1 tab by wod wo od or touch had bed hadl bedI l 1 I to t handle it Her rare rarer raren r n M I th he softer s passions were ere 1 i uil 1 fi i the prison on cat by the thed i fl d I her hr request to the as asi asTo i To nurse the theM j M i m t mind said the ward wardI h her lets you ih i was a not unwilling seem h h nt dry rather pleased at I II I 1 K ht p tardy riy patronage patrona e and the I Ima v made ma e Miss l 18 Pocket feZ fol tolI 1 I th h unous eyes of the whole vi h n imp mp I was allowed to re 1 ank where she sat t down l j the Ii baby She did not L n nr T give out any token of jt 1 T n it was as patent to the mg ug in who were If 08 x oa s si 0 i in Ip the officers In 1 t that bat at Miss Pocket baa hao h c all aU allM M 1 m lii the baby a live and hr 1 Her dark little eye ey i it Soe Soc had the air of 1 iu W plot plo which was s to toS j S idies liea s looked skeptical cal J 1 il i the mother mothers S s all right with him himA himi A Tolmer i Imer fore and aft s l I have him him presently v ere not DOt convinced and andt k t to be 1 li me mei hd i i had her turn with the theS 1 r S exercise e for tor B wing ing r i 1 h party were marched mare ed edh h hil hild l been n promoted from fromm m in Il her ecU cell to ocl as 1 Int nt t t In the f room Om r roomI Omd d 1 I and favorite deuart art artas as light and the gen genie rue rhe the sorest rule rale ta tain in n t I was not too callous The wardress In the i rt F T had one ear stuffed I i ip in m in was w nOlI n nS j 1 S her I IJ confidence codd nee nce In Ini Inith i J Mth ith two particular In inI indwell I well tall taU fair and andt 1 t expert shoplifter in lId 1 old ld Mrs Pringle ed an almost me mel methe ii l the illegal employ u The Tile pair pall began pr r to tn Miss Mia Pocket PoNcet bat but i ii I ilS i mute Whispers on one i 1 Jw e baby troubled all ail the thel t I Iu HIT u l Miss Pocket stitched 1 1 lav 1 V and the next day 0 M in Li the th middle of thel the I 1 S 5 I ket burst Into tears tear il tian e across at her from I Ithe the I Iii I pulpit ii 1 x 5 I ere ert re not uncommon In inu i of u f worship Sometimes I 1 S 1 i voluntary a aI aS 1 S hymn sometimes a tex I S M L or a homely word 1 I Changing ing the hard pres 1 kinder IS kr vast past na brought the II K sih or with passion n S M b i of f some sume poor captive ket kt was neither senti rr hysterical I Clerical Miss Mia M Rodwell u Pringle ringle P her neigh nelch neighbors born bor d I edged closer cleser and touched j j v S pathetic elbow Ij J Up B IM r n yda a abt In time timela Tm a la t love teve co sobbed MISs artos in I 1 tM the fOUrth line of the verse vera versen S n IL J It 11 Jumped p d d to the of AIls Rod I and Mrs Irs Pringle that th t Miss Mia Pocket eket P had bad All A II at once given her heart beart to the thea assistant a chaplain who was w conduct lug the th service that afternoon atter though I this ibis III seemed unlikely for tor Miss Pocket I Iw was w a young woman of taste who in j I j I her N recent capacity of maid to the I Lavinia Grey had seen ReD something I j of t the high world and the assistant i I chaplain was a small plump round I II heed faced f ced young man without an atom of ot I expression But it was WaB not the assistant as chaplain I II nor were Miss Pockets thoughts with I the service They had strayed stray d with I her to an outer court of the orison I I where faring f in the keeping of a audress to make a request of the soy gOY governor eror some seine four or five days previous previously ly she ehe had suddenly given giyen her heart clean out of or her keeping k ping Until that moment moreover she had never in inI her life suspected that she he had a heart I I to w give v J Youre oure giving us some seine queer starts dear deer sang Miss MJ Rodwell we tl Who s the I chappie chapple I j But the hymn hY had hed c e to an at a end i ian an and opportunity was va i f an ting for a I further fu bel confession Se e over every I lady in the establishment was ws confined I to her private apartment coldly de dr denominated I II nominated a cell for the remainder of i ithe the day cay I Miss MIa Pocket had speedily recovered reeo ed j herself She was at a crisis in inh eh ehI 1 j Woman naturally seeks eks womans omans wis wiB wisdom l I Idom I dom but for this the situation was i II against her Sh h fI rd the wardress i ion i I on duty pacing B I s with soft seft I Inexpressive foot hut but to summon the I wardress on such an n errand would woul be beto beto beto to invite consequences elsewhere on he be J morrow Instead Pocket took I down the black bound prayer book with I the prison stamp stamo on it from the small j I deal shelf above aboe her head and plunged I 1 into the marriage service In a less legs I 1 emotional hour hor our she sh would have found I I i something to criticise in its r precepts i hut but she read the service ervice now with a aglow glow of feverish acquiescence and ap approbation probation Then as she laid the prayer layer book hook down the thought ought t darted in upon her He may be going out tomorrow he may be going at the of the week reek he may have hae gone already alread Love in a stone cag is surely the thed direst d of the passions Miss Mi Js Pocket wanted to lUng fling open her door spring out into the sunny air all give play to her thoughts in that free fr expanse and then prick some human creature with questions The door was as fast f st locked from without t Miss Pocket Pok t was as aCI companionless and she could not lot ot ex cx except II capt upon certainty of punishment n next day summon a human being to talk with her ber r Impulsive ladles ladies in B wing sick of oakum kum picking basket weaving paper sorting bag making or spinning or victims of ennui pure and simple smashed their cell furniture drummed with the sides of their feet f t against the thedoor thedoor thedoor door howled imprecations upon the matron or governor or beat a tattoo with their on the window tars bars merely to bring in the wardress and insure the relaxation of a 8 scene in I the governors office at report hour on the following morning Miss Pocket herself her elf in a fit nt of pique and to make I trouble troubie for and with an unpleasant wardress had been discovered stand standing Ins ing on her head in the middle of her hercell hercell hercell cell screaming creaming at the top of or her com corn compass pass But these approved devices were not for a crisis sueh such as keys hers h Miss K Pocket Pock t no longer wished wi to trouble the th gov governor emor the matron or the wardress r ms She was desperately concerned oon to appease I everybody In ord order r that everybody I might be on her side aide How she chafed and panted that af afternoon afternoon within her three whitewashed walls wal and the th drab door which she could co ld not open cupping clipping her small feet together and her soft little palms that were w re not meant for task work won wondering wondering dering daring with a childs curiosity in a athing athing thing she had never known or felt be before before before fore how bow she should succeed in con converting converting converting everybody to her service where nobody was in the least concerned to 1 I serve her except perhaps the th two or I 1 three till friends who could cou only give help i at their own danger danser Then the alarming query sounded in her heart again What if he is going at once o or ha already ahead gone I Miss Pocket herself had been three months In retirement and had h yet jet three months to fulfill he bad seen I him but once and anc she might ht nver nv ver r see ee him again anin Altogether the romance e e was w s worthy worthy of its singular environment It was not only that Miss Pocket had glimpsed but hilt once and for a moment the captor of her heart she was ignorant of his h hi J name station and calling alOng She knew I nothing but cut his present pre nt estate and she I I was ws moderately certain that he for his part had bad never so much as beheld beh ld i i her For all this Miss did not J care if only she he could be sure re that he I were still not far tar away I Who was this thin gallant pliant was vas w s a ques question ties tion which greatly exercised the j t curiosity of Miss Klu Ro wen and Mrs j I the only persons at t present I sharing baring a meager half bait of Miss Pockets seductive secret The governor was i i io out o t of the reckoning a little lean i J elderly prim creature the t e very inear j I nation of penal discipline d and not nut to be bethought i I thought upon with Ith any tenderness The chaplain No there t re was a touch of ot I i gallantry in the chaplain but he ft was as i teo tco unkempt The was agree agreeable agreeable agreeable I able whet when his fancy fan y was moved but I I too 00 argumentative Miss Rodwell i thought to tf inspire love The deputy j governor but all the th ladles ladies were in Inlove j i I love with him and Miss Pocket had said saki in the sew once that t though he was the th kind of man you yU j i might go up the river with on a quiet i I evening Df she should never think of hIm himin l I lin in a serious matrimonial way The j I chief warder was a old man with a snowy beard ard but he had I six Mix children and It was well known that thai his wife laughed at him Neither Miss Rodwell nor Mrs M could that Miss MI Pocket with her up upbringing I bringing and social lal aspirations aspiration would I east eaR a glance beneath the rank raak of or chief ef warder But there was a male as well as a female e side Bide to this prison o On the Ii male side were congregated some or orLOW I LOW 1 Individuals Individual whose ex cx j plaits pioUs little and great had exhausted I the resources of criminology From Prom the i i grave old plodder t to r the gy gU young I trier In the devious ways wars that led ledL to L the seats of penance there were I many talented persons and persons ons or of orKen very select eJect and agreeable at genius Ken J t e engaged In a variety of in 10 industrial r pursuits for which they were I rewarded with a maximum of oC eight marks i per 11 r diem t the rules of the t e establishment e I forbade e all aU intercourse and communication cation tI n between the boarders of opposite ute 1 ML sox The wicket of passage from the theone one oae side to the other was perpetually barred in chapel the ladles indies were di cU divided vided from the men by a heavy hea vy cur curtain curtain tain tahi of red baize and not nt even evert on saints sain days and holidays of which indeed the prison calendar took no a ao aoi s Q i C count were they allowed aH wed to mingle e in friendly convers The mildest mOdest forms of DC flirtation were not met alone discouraged aged aced they the w we ce rendered absolutely impossible arid aid the governor and the matron were as regarded their respective respective respective tive charges s implacable misogynists But there are always eventualities and the een It was at te the t exercise hour of the morning that Miss Pocket was relieved of her most immediate anxiety Thus and thus did fortune further her In the middle of the ex cx exercise exercise yard ref stood atOO the laundry an outer wall wail aU of which needed some repairs It was just juat at the close c of the hours ex cx exercise ercse and the ladles ladies of B wing were I looking koking for the word to retire when a squad of males appeared round I the corner of oC the laundry in the keep ing lug of a warder arder It was a mistake on I the part pait of the warder who had i brought his masons masons on the scene a t minute too soon The wardress of B 13 wing win Sounded the retreat t as Miss Pocket gave a little scream eream of delight What is it i love whispered WhIS pe red Miss USg Rodwell who was walking just behind her j i I Ive seen him He gone said Miss Pocket You dont mean the th screw dear said sald Miss Rodwell rather icily The screw as e the reader Is aware is the enigmatical name fur for a prison warder ward r This was an undersized un warder with witha witia wit wita a a sallow face and a hare h hUNo hareNo lla UNo Jo No said Miss Mias Mi t in inn an em eu emphatic whisper Five from the end curly hair and a ap d dap p 1 on the side aide o of his ls heed head he J He H was the smartest marot young youg prisoner pr ter terIn in the te su and the ladies were marched in ID their quarters quarter at once mT I Ut There was was no n precedent for t Ju Miss Mis Rodwell end and MJ MM S Pringle discussing k R with wih Miss Pocket in the he sewing swin room Immediate v afterwards in pantomime tone and whispers were agreed are u uon on this I Miss Rodwell Rowel in fn the enforced enforce inter intervals Intervals I vals of her calling had hd been boarded boarde in all aU the most lt respectable prisons in inthe inthe inthe the country and Mrs Mr Pringle had bad been nine years year in il seclusion and sedulously UlO sly posted ported pe in all al the possibilities of the I silent world and neither of them could recall a case ca to 40 match math Miss i Pockets Miss Mi recollections j i included an elopement with a mad j I chaplain chaplin and Mrs 11 Pringle remembered I IaU all aU the known knon facts of the he unpublished story of the handsome forger and the he governors second wife but bu there was no instance recorded or traditional of or ofa ora a case ca of love Jve between prisoner and prisoner on opposite sides of the priner side same prison ri There was therefore no 10 as assistance from precedent But this his did nut not Jt trouble Miss Pocket at all al She Se took it i as an omen of suc success cess ce that her lover was wa SUIt still sil at ao hand handan and an her one thought now was how she should work ork out her little plan Inde Independent 1 pendent as her spirit was wa it pleased her to know kow that he two principal chums looked loke not unfavorably on her I choice 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