Show MADE IT SEEM PLEASANT lawyer talked eloquently of stay in the pen I 1 gave such a talk to a client 0 mine not long ago on the pleasant tea tures of prison life said a prominent local attorney recently that I 1 actual ly got to thinking for a little while it would be a great lark to spend a few weeks in some good penitentiary you see the fellow was guilty and I 1 knew it I 1 dian didn t see how it would be possible to clear him and I 1 knew he would et a lighter sentence by pleading guilty but I 1 had a job try ing to talk him into changing his plea to guilty he said he dian didn t think he would ever get reconciled to life in the penitentiary I 1 told him that of course there was a certain amount ot prejudice against living in a penitentiary but that it always struck me that it wouldn t be halt bad if a man went with his mind made up to like it the regular hours ought to be a great thing for a man I 1 told him and it you are at all slick you can fix up some scheme to get out of hard work then you are clear out of the prosaic business affairs of the outer world you go to bed at night knowing just what you will have to do the next day and no one can get in where you are to molest you you won t get more than a couple of years and that will just give you time to learn some good trade when I 1 got through he decided to plead guilty and I 1 believe he was really looking forward to a year or two in the pen cleveland plain dealer |