crying of babies, and now and then the rattling of chains, was

heard. But at last the convicts that stood in the middle moved,

pressed against each other, leaving a passage in the centre of

the church, down which the prison inspector passed to take his

place in front of every one in the nave.

THE PRISON CHURCH--BLIND LEADERS OF THE BLIND.

It consisted of the following. The priest, having dressed in a

strange and very inconvenient garb, made of gold cloth, cut and