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Justice 211
utes, ruin, utter and irretrievable, stares him in the face.
. . . The rolling of the chariot wheels of Justice over
this boy began when it was decided to prosecute him.
But the chariot of Justice rolls mercilessly on,
for as the learned Judge says
"
Your counsel has made an attempt to trace your of
fense back to what he seems to suggest is a defect in the
marriage law; he has made an attempt also to show that
to punish you with further imprisonment would be un
just. I do not follow him in these flights. The Law is
what it is a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each
stone of which rests on another. I am concerned only
with its administration. The crime you have committed
is a very serious one. I cannot feel it in accordance with
my duty to Society to exercise the powers I have in your
favor. You will go to penal servitude for three years."
In prison the young, inexperienced convict soon
finds himself the victim of the terrible
"
system."
The authorities admit that young Falder is men
tally and physically
"
in bad shape," but nothing
can be done in the matter: many others are in a
similar position, and
"
the quarters are inade
quate."
The third scene of the third act is
heart-gripping
in its silent force. The whole scene is a panto
mime, taking place in Falder s prison cell.
"
In fast-falling daylight, Falder, in his stock
ings, is seen standing motionless, with his head in-
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