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Show No Disreputable Prisoners. Tor nlmojit thirty yearn tho lockup at Nantucket was unused by any prisoner pris-oner During tho pnst summer somo Phlladelphlan visited tho Jnll, having heard that a prisoner hnd been taken. An old woman, who proved to bo tho "Jnlloress," greeted tho visitors, "Where's tho prisoner?" asked ono of too party. "I Jest sent him down to tho vlllago on nn errand," was the reply. re-ply. "I shouldn't think that would bo wise," ventured tho summer boardor. "He might not como back." "Young man," exclaimed tho Jalloress, somewhat some-what testily, "I'd have you understand that wo only have respectable prison-ois prison-ois here!" Philadelphia Ilecord. |