led up to the tragedy
at Lancaster. I recall how this man posed as a reformed sinner and was at the
head of his Bible class. Also do I remember the Sunday morning after Warden
Davis was assassinated. This man was discharged from the prison
and an officer asked him where he was going, His answer was: "All
that I know at the present is that I am going down to take luncheon
with Mrs. So-and-so, (one of the soulsavers). I may stay in Lincoln
for some time, and I may leave right away; I don't know, but I
do know that tonight I am going out to pick up a 'lady friend'." This
sincere gentleman afterwards became an evangelist, a "brother," with
headquarters at the mission, the same religious joint of which
I have already informed my reader, the one of grass-widow fame.
And that is a nice and easy life, with no hard work whatever, only
to dish out a generous supply of hot air. This he does without
much effort. It is indeed interesting to see some of these
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evangelists standing upon the street corner with down-cast
eyes, praying for us poor sinners, and at the same time watching
the slit skirts of the ladies passing by out of one little corner
of their eye. From such a source comes the prison story above, and
the same is published by Judge Frost in good faith. But a man who
is serving a life sentence behind the bars, and who has spent thirteen
of his best years at Lancaster, has troubles enough of his own without
outsiders making up more for him. It is a great injustice to him
to publish such rot without thoroughly investigating whether it is
true or not. "They say," "so and so." You often
hear those two words, "they say." And who are "they"?
God only knows. The scandalmongers use these two words, "they
say," from early until late. Little does it matter to them that
a man's reputation, a woman's honor, is ruined by their "they
say." Today "they say" that Jones is intoxicated;
tomorrow "they say" that
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