The Court acquiesced.
There were murmurs of wonder throughout the crowded room at his calmness.
And as the Court rose to leave the ym he ventured a question, "When be shot, to-day or to-morrow?"
The judge was perplexed. If the pean did not know the answer every: tone in the room did, but tell was something not even the judge cared to do and with a pretence at not hearing, left the room, But a kindly court attendant spoke to Sz as he was being taken back to the waiting ror barred door and_ narra through which the Black Mari could be seen, A "prophetic picture," but he could not see it oF did not realize its significance.
"Tomorrow", was the only answer and it brought 'a flood of Tight to the condemned man's face, "Ah," ne smiled. The attendant slapped him on the back and he walked confidently from the room, Meanwhile the Judge and Senior ficial greeted us, A smiling governor, his loquacious assistant, and while we waited for the Chinese police officials to arrive we were conducted through the prison.
Seven large spokes of a huse wheel comprised the cells and the central control tewer was the hub.
It was "chow" time and there was look of prison pallor, or the attributes of gaol life, on' any of the faces we sav. Rather they were happy, smiling, looked in excellent health, and welcomed us with shouts of obvious greeting. And a look in their cells gave the reason for their high spirits. Clean, six or seven to a room, each with a wooden bed, the large rolls of blankets at each foot and the gloy clad smiling hosts brought from us exclamations of surprise. "They're far better off than many free coolies we've sec And they were. The gaol was easily fa paradise for many of them. Then into the school room. Lou rows of benches and over all the picture of the Kuomintang founder. Beyond the workshops, all clean, well equipped ind we repeated our first surprise. "Lucky prisoners, compared to many riesha coolies we had seen".
Rack again to the central station ani the police had arrived. "A mall at their head who Tientsin Post Office, reports the vernacular pa:
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