“Was that all of the conversation you had?”
“No, sir; I asked the poor, heart-broken girl if I could do annything for her, and the only thing I could do to help her I couldn’t do, but I offered to try, but she shook her head and said, ‘No, indade.’ She don’t take after you for honesty.”
“Pat, what was the help you offered her?”
“You understand the same as meself that the rules here don’t allow visiting only on visiting days, and the girl said she couldn’t always get away on visiting days.”
“What could you help her to do, Pat?”
“I thought, perhaps, I could change the rule.”
“Pat, you are a good fellow, and I do not know how to thank you for all of your kindness.”
“Wait a minute. I don’t need anny thanking for bating you. I got me spite off you then.”
“I wonder what is keeping Pat so long,” thought the superintendent. “Did I tell him to return? I do not believe I did. Well, I’ll throw the lock on and step around and see if I can see him near. I will just walk toward the new prisoner’s cell, and perhaps I may meet Pat.
“Almost there, and I do not see him? I’ll just step up and look inside cell 77.