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Chapter 29

           

           Therewas,however,atthecenterofthismainpassageanddividingtheselowercellsequallyastonumberasecondandnarrowerpassage,whichatoneendgaveintowhatwasnowknownastheOldDeathHouse(whereatpresentonlyvisitorstotheinmatesofthenewDeathHousewerereceived),andattheotherintotheexecutionroominwhichstoodtheelectricchair.Twoofthecellsonthelowerpassagethoseatthejunctionofthenarrowerpassagefacedtheexecution-roomdoor.Thetwooppositethese,onthecorrespondingcorners,facedthepassagethatgaveintotheOldDeathHouseorwhatnowbyalargestretchoftheimagination,couldbecalledthecondemnedmen’sreceptionroom,wheretwiceweeklyanimmediaterelativeoralawyermightbemet.Butnoothers.

           IntheOldDeathHouse(orpresentreceptionroom),thecellsstillthere,andanintegralpartofthisreceptionplan,wereallinarowandononesideonlyofacorridor,thuspreventingpryinginspectionbyoneinmateofanother,andwithawirescreeninfrontaswellasgreenshadeswhichmightbedrawninfrontofeachcell.For,inanolderday,wheneveranewconvictarrivedordeparted,ortookhisdailywalk,orwentforhisbath,orwasledeventuallythroughthelittleirondoortothewestwhereformerlywastheexecutionchamber,theseshadesweredrawn.Hewasnotsupposedtobeseenbyhisassociates.

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