Day by day I wrote down what I saw and heard, what I said and did. Why? In obedience to the same Voice that called me to the work.
The tale is before you.
May it touch the heart of every one who reads the story, and melt it into a compassion which will labor for the redemption of the prisoner; into a pity which will echo around the cry—Open the prison doors, not to let the prisoner go free, but to let in, to him, the light of moral knowledge, and the discipline of Christian charity.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| WHY WRITTEN | [iii] | |
| I. | FIRST DAY IN PRISON | [1] |
| II. | AT NIGHT | [13] |
| III. | SECOND DAY IN PRISON | [23] |
| IV. | A QUARREL, AND DISCIPLINE | [34] |
| V. | THE SUPERVISOR, AND THE RULES | [48] |
| VI. | FIRST NIGHT ALONE IN PRISON | [58] |
| VII. | THE MASTER AND THE RULES | [75] |
| VIII. | MRS. HARDHACK | [79] |
| IX. | A BREAD-AND-WATER BOARDER | [87] |
| X. | AN ARRIVAL | [93] |
| XI. | INSIDE MANAGEMENT | [98] |
| XII. | SUNDAY | [102] |
| XIII. | LIFE AMONG THE LOWLY | [110] |
| XIV. | INSPECTION OF PRIVATE APARTMENTS | [127] |
| XV. | A DAY OF ODDS AND ENDS | [138] |
| XVI. | A FRIGHT | [151] |
| XVII. | VISITING DAY | [156] |
| XVIII. | CALLAHAN AGAIN | [163] |
| XIX. | DISCOMFORTS, AND THE END | [178] |
I.
FIRST DAY IN PRISON.
It was Saturday morning that I became an inmate of the Penitentiary.