Behind Iron Bars 



they might get their bodies in closer 

 contact with the cold they miss so 

 much, these wretched convicts had 

 actually a few really wonderful mo- 

 ments. They have dens in the rear of 

 their open-air compartment where they 

 are supposed to pass the night, and 

 while the snow was falling fast they 

 took occasion to paw and scrape 

 quantities of it into their sleeping 

 quarters. Yes, it is an ill wind that 

 blows nobody good! 



I wonder why it is that these prod- 

 ucts of the frozen North are white? 

 We do not think of wearing white 

 flannels during the winter months here 

 in our latitude. Dark, rich colors 

 seem to meet the human idea of suit- 

 ability for zero weather conditions. 

 Come to think of it though men-folk 

 born considerable distances from the 

 equator do wear white I mean in a 

 state of nature. The black and bronze 

 races appertain specially to lands of 

 the sun. 



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