He made no reply to that remark; but said sternly,--

"You are not to read the Rules to the prisoners; you have nothing to do

with that."

"I have not read the Rules to the prisoners. I can find no rules to be

governed by myself, much more to read to them."

"If the prisoners do not obey you, you are to report them at once."

"I believe, according to the Rules and Regulations laid down by the

Board of Directors, that I am to admonish them once, and at the second

offense report them."

He turned and stalked away, looking a little puzzled.

At first I could not imagine to what he referred; but after stirring up

my memory, I recollected that I had mentioned, in reproving the women, a

day or two before, that they were breaking the Rules.

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