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    The Inmate Of The Dungeon 1894
    The Inmate Of The Dungeon 1894
    The Inmate Of The Dungeon 1894
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    The Inmate Of The Dungeon 1894

    By W. C. (William Chambers) Morrow

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      The Inmate Of The Dungeon 1894 - W. C. (William Chambers) Morrow

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Inmate Of The Dungeon, by W. C. Morrow

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      Title: The Inmate Of The Dungeon

             1894

      Author: W. C. Morrow

      Release Date: October 24, 2007 [EBook #23177]

      Last Updated: February 6, 2013

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE INMATE OF THE DUNGEON ***

      Produced by David Widger

      THE INMATE OF THE DUNGEON

      By W. C. Morrow

      Copyright, 1894, by J. B. Lippincott & Co

      After, the Board of State Prison Directors, sitting in session at the prison, had heard and disposed of the complaints and petitions of a number of convicts, the warden announced that all who wished to appear had been heard. Thereupon a certain uneasy and apprehensive expression, which all along had sat upon the faces of the directors, became visibly deeper. The chairman—nervous, energetic, abrupt, incisive man—glanced at a slip of paper in his hand, and said to the warden:

      Send a guard for convict No-14,208.

      The warden started and become slightly pale. Somewhat confused, he haltingly replied, Why, he has expressed no desire to appear before you.

      Nevertheless, you will send for him at once, responded the chairman.

      The warden bowed stiffly and directed a guard to produce the convict. Then, turning to the chairman, he said:

      I am ignorant of your purpose in summoning this man, but of course I have no objection. I desire, however, to make a statement concerning him before he appears.

      When we shall have called for a statement from you, boldly responded the chairman, you may make one.

      The warden sank back into his seat. He was a tall, fine-looking man, well-bred and intelligent, and had a kindly face. Though ordinarily cool, courageous, and self-possessed, he was unable to conceal a strong emotion which looked much like fear. A heavy silence fell upon the room, disturbed only by the official stenographer, who was sharpening his pencils. A stray beam of light from the westering sun slipped into the room between the edge of the window-shade and the sash, and fell across the chair reserved for the convict. The uneasy eyes of the warden finally fell upon this beam, and there his glance rested. The chairman, without addressing any one particularly, remarked:

      "There

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