Show given a sentence capt krech of the hamburg ameri can 1 ne s steamship graf waldersee was called upon dur ng the trip to pass sentence upon a thief caught stealing aboard the vessel his man per of conducting the case and his judgment were commended by all the passengers several steerage passengers on the arher days of the trip frequently missed food and sweetmeats wh ch they bad taken aboard and nothing was known ot the culprit until one day a woman going to her bunk found a little flaxen haired girl busily engaged in emptying a pot of jam which had been concealed there the little one had fie jam plastered all oer her face and hands and in that condition the woman who discovered her led her to the chief steward he in turn took her before the captain on the bridge many of the passengers seeing the little girl being dragged before the captain gathered about to learn the cluse of the trouble capt ech who on his ship 1 ke other captains Is judge jury and court of appeals listened to the charges with a stern look bes des learning that the 1 atle g rl had taken the jam he alo learned that her father and mother were poor and could not provide any sweetmeats for her when the case had been pre dented capt krach thought over tha evidence for a time and as the girl was caught with the evidence all over her face and hands he pronounced her guilty this is d very serious case he said and must be dealt with accord angly the penalty tor the first of fensk Is imprisonment for the sec ond it is spank ng and for the third it Is hang ng or exclusion from amer ica but the facto in this case are uch that I 1 shall have to be more se vere I 1 therefore sentence you to eat the best jam this ship can produce eiery time you feel like it the jam v ill be supplied by the steward the 1 atle g rl could not understand the meaning of all the talk but when the steward brought forth a big pot of jam as ordered she gave the captain a pretty little smile and marched oft with it from that time on her ta was never clean new york times |